Internalization: How culture becomes mind
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Internalization: How culture becomes mind
Internalization, the process by which culture becomes mind, is a core concept in cultural psychology. However, since the 1990s it has also been the source of debate. Critiques have focused on the underlying metaphor of internal-external as problematic. It has been proposed that appropriation provides a better conceptualization, a term that focuses attention more on behavior and less on psycholo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Culture & Psychology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1354-067X,1461-7056
DOI: 10.1177/1354067x15615809