creators_name: Morin, Alain type: journalp datestamp: 2002-10-01 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:00 metadata_visibility: show title: Characteristics of an effective internal dialogue in the acquisition of self-information ispublished: pub subjects: psy-ling subjects: cog-psy subjects: clin-psy full_text_status: public keywords: inner speech; self-awareness; self-information; abstract: This article raises the question of how self-talk mediates self-awareness. It is argued that the process of acquiring self-information can be seen as a problem-solving task, and that self-talk can facilitate this process (as it does for any other problem) by promoting a precise formulation and approach to the problem, by adequately focusing attention on the task, and through constant self-evaluations. A complementary analysis of the possible characteristics of an effective internal dialogue in the acquisition of self-information is undertaken. Among other things, taking others' perspective through self-talk, possessing a rich vocabulary about oneself, and paying attention to the content of one's self-talk are believed to be important in that respect. Clinical implications raised by this analysis are also discussed. date: 1995 date_type: published publication: Imagination, Cognition and personality volume: 15 number: 1 pagerange: 45-58 refereed: TRUE citation: Morin, Alain (1995) Characteristics of an effective internal dialogue in the acquisition of self-information. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/2485/1/ICP.pdf