Behavioral Science
Psychomech Framework
Ten behavioral dimensions extracted from conversation evidence — not self-report questionnaires. Each dimension is assessed through what a person did, chose, declined, or gave up. Never through what they claimed about themselves.
Behavioral, not psychometric. The dimensions below are not Big Five or Schwartz scales. They share conceptual overlap with established frameworks, but are assessed exclusively from observable behavior in natural conversation — not from questionnaire responses.
10 Behavioral Dimensions
Autonomy
primary driverDrive toward independent action, self-directed learning, and control over decisions. Expressed through choices that sacrifice security or compensation for freedom of action.
Openness
primary driverWillingness to update beliefs, explore new domains, and engage with evidence that contradicts prior positions. Measured through behavior when challenged.
Achievement
Orientation toward milestones, recognition, and performance. Includes how individual versus collective credit is handled.
Security
primary driverPreference for predictability and stability. Counter-position to autonomy — captures how much risk is accepted and under what conditions.
Emotional Regulation
Internal processing of distress and pressure. Counter-patterns here include suppressed load, maintained function under strain, and delayed disclosure.
Social Engagement
Patterns of contact, community, and withdrawal. Counter-patterns include strategic narrowing of trust during high-complexity periods.
Collective Benefit
primary driverOrientation toward fairness, solidarity, and collective outcomes. Expressed through credit attribution, information sharing, and institutional critique.
Conscientiousness
Planning, organization, and follow-through. Counter-patterns capture what happens when planning systems break under sustained disruption.
Institutional
primary driverRelationship with authority, organizational norms, and established practices. How critique is expressed, when exit is chosen, and how traditions are evaluated.
Tradition & Norms
Relationship with established cultural and personal practices. May be not-yet-observable if the corpus does not contain relevant behavioral evidence.
How Patterns Are Extracted
Cost-Bearing Decisions
The person gave something up — security, recognition, comfort, or certainty. Cost-bearing confirms the pattern is behavioral, not aspirational.
Repeated Across Contexts
The same behavioral tendency appeared in at least three distinct situations. Repetition distinguishes a pattern from a one-time response.
Counter-Patterns Under Pressure
Behavioral limits, breakdowns, and withdrawal states at the edges of capacity. Counter-patterns are as diagnostic as supporting patterns.
Boundary Responses
What the person declines to discuss or engage with. Consistent refusal patterns establish domain limits that transfer to the loaded agent.
What this is not
MBTI
Type-based personality classification
Big Five
Self-report trait questionnaire
Schwartz Values
Values survey instrument
DISC
Behavioral style assessment
Enneagram
Archetype classification
NLP Profiling
Language pattern matching
Psychomech extracts behavioral profiles from what people actually do in natural conversation — not from how they describe themselves in structured assessments.