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private speech  

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  • Private speech (also known as private dialogue, selftalk, collective monologue, noncommunicative speech, or egocentric speech) is speech that is directed to the self and not to others. Private speech serves as a tool for thinking that facilitates problem solving and is also a tool that mediates people's self-regulatory capacity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology; Private Speech]

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