#behavioral psychology

• Artificial — Lacking naturalness, simplicity, and spontaneity; made with a visible effort of refinement, being insincere, simulated, feigned, or affected; (in logic / rhetoric) based on complicated, ingenious but structurally forced arguments, created with the purpose of misleading or masking the truth through formal subtleties; (rarely, in a technical sense) crafted with high art, skill, or outstanding engineering ability.
• Listening — The act of listening and its result; an attitude characterized by docility, obedience, and compliance with established rules, directives, or dogmas. In a theological and monastic context, it represents one of the great Christian virtues (the vow of obedience), implying the surrender of one's own will before the spiritual father, while in justice it refers to the hearing of witnesses or parties in a trial.
• Setting on — The act of egging on, urging, or setting a predatory or guard animal (especially dogs) to attack a target; by extension, the action of inciting or instigating individuals or social groups to hatred, strife, or violent actions against one another through manipulative speeches or intentional provocations.
• Self-disciplining — The act of self-disciplining and its result; the conscious and systematic process by which an individual imposes a rigorous set of rules, behavioral norms, and voluntary limitations on themselves to control spontaneous impulses and achieve set goals.
• To self-destruct — To cause one's own destruction, annihilation, or total dissolution; to undergo an autonomous process through which the component elements of a structural system, living organism, or mechanism self-cancel or definitively decompose without the intervention of an external destructive force.
• To praise oneself — To bring exaggerated praise upon oneself, to flatter or glorify oneself publicly or privately; to undergo a discursive process of narcissistic self-commendation, often with the aim of imposing authority or masking structural flaws in character.
• Self-praise — The act of praising oneself and its result; the discursive or behavioral process by which an individual commends themselves publicly or privately, often manifested as a psychological compensation mechanism or as a form of exacerbated egocentrism.
• Autoerastie — A rare form of psychosexual manifestation or behavioral deviation where erotic attraction, desire, and satisfaction are directed exclusively toward oneself; sexual narcissism taken to the extreme, where the individual becomes their own object of worship and bodily passion.
• Self-examination — The act of self-examining and its result; a methodical process through which an individual investigates their own body for the purpose of preventing medical conditions or critically analyzes their emotional states, thoughts, and knowledge.
• Self-respect — A feeling of esteem, value, and dignity that a person holds for their own being, recognizing their moral worth, rights, and boundaries without falling into narcissism. This fundamental pillar of psychological balance dictates how an individual interacts with others, enabling them to establish healthy personal boundaries and refuse abusive or degrading treatment.
• Autosave — The act of autosaving or saving oneself and its result. In computer science, it designates a program's function to automatically record workspace data to prevent loss from errors. In a psychological or existential sense, it represents a person's action to deliver, free, or protect themselves from a critical, dangerous situation or emotional impasse, relying exclusively on their own resources, instincts, and strengths.
• Self-satisfaction — A feeling of contentment, pride, or delight regarding one's own achievements, qualities, actions, or behaviors. In a positive sense, it represents a healthy internal validation of efforts made, while in a pejorative or critical sense, it suggests a state of complacency, self-sufficiency, or vanity that can block personal growth and objective self-analysis.
• Self-treatment — A form of medical treatment or care that an individual administers to themselves at home (through the use of over-the-counter medications, natural remedies, hygienic-sanitary procedures, or physical exercises) without the direct supervision or prescription of a qualified physician. In the psychological sphere, it denotes the use of self-help techniques to correct mild negative emotional moods.