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self-observation [self- 1 a.] Objective observation of one's attitudes, reactions, or thought processes.
1832J. 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. 1948Mind LVII. 511 [Social scientists]..making use of..official statistics.., interviews of various types.., and new techniques of self-observation. 1977Mettee & 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. |