Glossary I

Internal locus of control refers to the extent to which people believe that they are responsible for and in control of their success or failure in life; a perception that one is responsible for one’s own fate; a belief that reinforcement is brought about by our own behavior.

Internal recruitment means recruiting employees already employed by the organization.

Internal reliability is the extent to which a measure yields similar results among its different parts as it measures a single phenomenon

Internal rotation is the rotary movement around the longitudinal axis of a bone toward the midline of the body. Internal rotation is also known as Rotation medially, Inward rotation, and Medial rotation.

Internal sense refers to the internal knowledge of moral right that individuals use in evaluating their behavior and thoughts which is postulated by St. Augustine.

Internal validity refers to the certainty that experimental interventions did indeed cause the changes observed in the study group; also the control over confounding factors which tend to invalidate the results of an experiment.

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Internal working model refers to infant’s understanding of how responsive and dependable the mother is; thought to influence close relationships throughout the child’s life. Internal working models are cognitive representations of self, others, and relationships that infants construct from their interactions with caregivers.

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Internalization is a process in which the values, beliefs, and norms of the culture become the values, beliefs, and norms of the individual; the process of adopting the attributes or standards of other people and taking these standards as one’s own