Medical term:
externalization
externalization
[eks-ter″nal-ĭ-za´shun]1. the tendency to perceive in the external world and in external objects components of one's own personality, including instinctual impulses, conflicts, moods, attitudes, and ways of thinking.
2. the process of learning the difference between self and non-self in childhood.
3. the process by which external rather than internal stimuli become capable of arousing a drive, such as hunger.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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