[xmca] Internalization and interiorization

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Larry--

How would we think about the case of, say, the abacus expert who can, hands
folded,
add large columns of multi-digit numbers with great rapidity and accuracy. I
had always
thought this an interesting case of something like internalization where the
"mental model"
of the abacus can be stably assembled and used. But perhaps given Furth's
distinction,
it is both internalization and interiorization? Or?

mike

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Reflections on internalization and interiorization.
>
> Gerard Duveen [see my previous post for article] in attempting to explain
> Piaget wrote this paragraph.
>
> "The clarification of the DOUBLE use of the French word 'interiorisation'
> in
> Piaget by Furth [1996] as INTERNALIZATION and INTERIORIZATION is an
> important one for comprehending Piaget's distinct ideas on the general
> issue
> of internalization.  Internalization is defined as the "eventual diminution
> of EXTERNAL movements that become covert and sketchy" [Furth,1969] as for
> instance in imitation and INTERNAL language.  INTERIORIZATION refers rather
> to the "DISSOCIATION [distanciation?] between the GENERAL FORM of a
> [social]
> co-ordination and the PARTICULAR CONTENT of an EXTERNAL ACTION."  and leads
> from SENSORIMOTOR TO OPERATIONAL [structural??] intelligence and is the
> PRECONDITION for objective knowledge as well as for symbol REPRESENTATION
> [Furth, 1969]  Thus while we might speak about the INTERNALIZATION of a
> telephone number, for instance, understanding a STRUCTURE such as the
> CONCEPT of number is a consequence of PROCESSES OF INTERIORIZATION" [
> co-ordination of social ACTIVITY and COMMUNICATION].
>
> I thought this paragraph may add some further reflection to Martin's and
> others discussion on intravolutions and involutions.
>
> Larry
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