self-monitoring
Watching your own
Self-monitoring is paying attention to your own behavior, thoughts, or physical state.
In psychology, it describes tracking one's actions to modify them: Self-monitoring helped her reduce nail-biting.
High self-monitors adjust their behavior to fit social situations; low self-monitors act consistently regardless of context.
In medicine, patients self-monitor conditions like blood sugar or blood pressure.
Sustained reflective attention
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
Measuring against top performers
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- improvementPositive change in quality
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- metricsStandards for assessment
Trained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- moderationAvoidance of excess
State of perceiving reality
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
- acceptanceConsent to receive
breathing · grounding · centering · noticing · equanimity · detachment · stillness · meta-awareness
Sensitivity in speech
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
adaptability · persona · face-saving · chameleon · conformity · accommodation · attunement
Body-mounted tech devices
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- smartwatchWearable wrist-worn computing device
contemplation
Sustained reflective attention
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- metacognitionAwareness of own reasoning
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
benchmarking
Measuring against top performers
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- improvementPositive change in quality
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
acceptance · breathing · grounding · centering · noticing · equanimity · detachment · stillness · meta-awareness
tact
Sensitivity in speech
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
etiquette · adaptability · persona · face-saving · chameleon · conformity · accommodation · attunement
wearables
Body-mounted tech devices
- biometricsBody-based identity verification
- smartwatchWearable wrist-worn computing device
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- Coping Strategiesavoidance, coping, stress management, denial, acceptance
- introspectionintrospection, soul searching, looking inward, soul-searching, inner dialogue
- self-controlrestraint, willpower, composure, moderation, temperance
- self-reflectionjournaling, introspection, soul-searching, contemplation, reflective writing
- focus aidstimers, coffee, alarms, tea, checklists
self-monitoringpeer review
Expert evaluation before publication
surveillance · auditing · inspection · supervision · proctoring
self-monitoringobliviousness
Lack of awareness
unconsciousness · mindlessness · inattentiveness · unreflectiveness · heedlessness
self-monitoringspontaneity
Acting without forethought
unself-consciousness · unselfconsciousness · authenticity · genuineness · guilelessness
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