[HPsquared]

As an amateur I like to call this "the quest for balance".. You can see it in all kinds of behaviours. Like if someone is very buttoned-up and restraining themselves constantly in one part of their lives, they'll be the opposite of that in some other context (e.g home vs work) to maintain balance.

[oriel]

As a human, I like to think of this akin to how we walk/run/etc; eg, the act of Not Quite Falling Down.