mentalización

Definitions of mentalización
  1. noun
    forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
    synonyms: comida de coco, lavado de cerebro
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    type of:
    adoctrinación, adoctrinamiento
    teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
  2. noun
    a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
    synonyms: acondicionamiento, condicionamiento
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    types:
    extinción
    a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
    type of:
    adquisición, aprendizaje, ciencia
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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