self-observation
[self- 1 a.]
Objective observation of one's attitudes, reactions, or thought processes.
| 1832 J. S. Mill in Monthly Repos. VI. 652 The knowledge of supersensual things, of man's mental and moral nature, where the appeal is to internal consciousness and self-observation. 1865 ― Comte 63 It is clear to him that we can learn very little about the feelings, and nothing at all about the intellect, by self-observation. 1948 Mind LVII. 511 [Social scientists]..making use of..official statistics.., interviews of various types.., and new techniques of self-observation. 1977 Mettee & Smith in Suls & Miller Social Comparison Processes iv. 98 A theory..based on self-observation of one's own behavior rather than on observation and comparison with..others. |