internalization
Adopting as own
Internalization is the process of making something part of oneself—absorbing external ideas, values, or behaviors until they feel natural rather than imposed.
A child internalizes social norms; a student internalizes a teacher's criticism.
In psychology, internalization explains how cultural expectations become personal beliefs: She had internalized the message that her worth depended on her appearance.
The term also appears in economics, where to internalize a cost means to incorporate it into a price rather than passing it to others.
Process of taking in
- self-integrationPsychological becoming whole
- introjectionUnconscious absorption of external values
- incorporationForming a legal entity
- self-regulationManaging one's own behavior
unconscious · repression · suppression · psychodynamic · self-concept · coping · sublimation · projection
Mental understanding of meaning
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- masteryComplete skill or control
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
acquisition · knowledge · assimilation · schema · conceptualization · encoding · recall · fluency
Examining one's own mind
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
self-examination · soul-searching · mindfulness · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · self-analysis · self-perception · self-inquiry
Adopting another group's customs
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- conformityAdherence to norms
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
obedience · indoctrination · ideology · worldview · imitation · ethics · mores · orthodoxy
Within the organization
- insourcingAssigning work internally
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
absorption
Process of taking in
- self-integrationPsychological becoming whole
- introjectionUnconscious absorption of external values
- incorporationForming a legal entity
self-regulation · unconscious · repression · suppression · psychodynamic · self-concept · coping · sublimation · projection · transference
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- masteryComplete skill or control
memorization · acquisition · knowledge · assimilation · schema · conceptualization · encoding · recall · fluency · automaticity
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
rumination · self-examination · soul-searching · mindfulness · self-scrutiny · self-questioning · self-analysis · self-perception · self-inquiry · cogitation
acculturation
Adopting another group's customs
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- conformityAdherence to norms
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
compliance · obedience · indoctrination · ideology · worldview · imitation · ethics · mores · orthodoxy · mainstream
in-house
Within the organization
- insourcingAssigning work internally
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- proprietaryLegally owned, restricted use
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- socializationsocialization, social learning, enculturation, norms, values
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- memorization techniquesrote learning, repetition, memorization, chunking, visualization
- Endocytosisendosome, phagocytosis, macropinocytosis, invagination, engulfment
internalizationexternalization
Making internal things external
compliance · conformity · going through the motions · lip service · rejection
internalizationexternalization
Making internal things external
expression · projection · exteriorization · articulation · verbalization
internalizationexternalization
Making internal things external
venting · catharsis · release · acting out · discharge
intern, internal, internally, internationally, internalize, externalize, internationalize, internalizes, internalized