Awareness of self-protective measures and control measures was poor.

Self-protective behavior describes the instinct of animals to protect their own body and maintain stable physiological indices.

People get angry about that, and their self-protective reflex is elicited almost subconsciously."

But Trump, initially shooting from the hip without counsel from his protectors, demonstrated his self-protective armour, taking care not to bite the political hand of right-wing extremists who loyally feed him.

They're made to behave so crazily and irresponsibly that all self-protective people should avoid them like the plague!

Orwell knew that every government in history tends to grow larger, more self-protective, more intrusive and more likely to suspend individual liberties.

Not cutting the character the least bit of slack, the actor has given him the self-protective (and self-loathing) posture of a rounded back and caved-in chest.

At times, the persona can come off as gimmicky--when asked if she's behind a Twitter account called The Wizard of X that speaks only in rhyme, she says "I'm not sure"--but after meeting her, the character of Allie X feels more like a self-protective alter-ego than a PR stunt.

It's smart to proceed with caution, but don't be so self-protective that you don't get yourself out there.

Cultural and personal introspection and retrospection dovetail inseparably in Kiefer's early work: in the 1970s, alarmed by his country's self-protective amnesia regarding its Nazi past, he made the Occupations series, comprising photographs of himself giving a Nazi salute (illegal in Germany) in different sites around Europe.

The senior princes are slow-moving, self-protective and resistant to foreign counsel -- traits that invite speculation about what's happening behind the palace walls.

Dictionary.com defines common sense as: "sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence." Common sense implies that there is some inherent self-protective defense mechanism in each of us that helps us recognize danger and respond accordingly.

This thought-provoking novel will inspire discussion about what motivates us to behave in self-protective or altruistic ways and the importance of loyalty in friendship.

Once we have gained that awareness, it will allow us to provide optimum care "despite" the patients' self-protective behaviour.