Histrionic personality disorder: pervasive attention-seeking behavior including inappropriately seductive behavior and shallow or exaggerated emotions.
As an example, he cited histrionic personality disorder, defined as "excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior."
It is a commonly used strategy when the person displaying the attention-seeking behavior would feel rewarded even by a negative response.
Conversations about oneself, which sometimes indicate attention-seeking behavior or can provide relevant information about oneself to participants in the conversation.
With its competitive story meetings and hermetic, brainy confines, the on-screen New Republic looks like a place that encourages craven, attention-seeking behavior.
His particular form of attention-seeking behavior was making home videos of himself beheading helpless captives, which tells you he has a few big issues with Western civilization.
He had a history of stalking women, sexual offending and other anti-social and attention-seeking behaviour.
A common belief regarding self-harm is that it is an attention-seeking behavior; however, in most cases, this is inaccurate.
For example, a child who climbs under his desk, a response which has been reinforced by attention, is subsequently ignored until the attention-seeking behavior no longer occurs.
Despite his attention-seeking behavior, he has shown more passionate and honorable traits as well.