where we talk to ourselves out loud that can be a cognitive strategy to foster internal self-regulation by a verbally controlling our behaviour. Read about the self-talk also.
SELF-VERBALIZATION: "Joe used self-verbalisation to talk himself into walking home instead of catching the train."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "SELF-VERBALIZATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-verbalization/ (accessed March 21, 2023).