internalisation

Taking something in

Internalisation is the British spelling of internalization—the process of making something internal or part of oneself.

In psychology, it describes absorbing external values, beliefs, or standards until they feel like your own: Children internalise their parents' attitudes toward money.

The term also applies to keeping emotions inside rather than expressing them, and in business contexts, to bringing operations in-house rather than outsourcing them.

psychological

absorption

Process of taking in

introspection · self-examination · self-awareness · contemplation · processing · assimilation · ego · superego · repression · sublimation

biological

absorption

Process of taking in

receptor-mediated · cellular · membrane · vesicle · engulfment · ingestion · transport · metabolic · assimilation · digestion

socialization

norms

Expected behavioral standards

enculturation · socialization · conformity · expectations · customs · traditions · modelling · imitation · habitus · Durkheim

learning

comprehension

Mental understanding of meaning

acquisition · conceptualization · mastery · knowledge · study · practice · rehearsal · scaffolding · schema · encoding

economic

in-house

Within the organization

supply-chain · outsourcing · consolidation · efficiency · operations

Opposites
direction of processing

internalisationexternalisation

Expressing internally outward

externalization · expression · projection · acting out · venting

attribution of cause or responsibility

internalisationexternalisation

Expressing internally outward

externalization · blame-shifting · projection · deflection · scapegoating

degree of integration

internalisationlip service

Insincere expression of agreement

going through the motions · introjection · identification · rejection

Family

intern, internal, internalise, externalise, internalised, internalization, internalises, externalised, internalising

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