I would love to see some comparative research on how internalization (or more generally, models of understanding) affect the adherents, depending on what they're adhering to. My perspective has long since been that we need to think in correct and constructive ways about ourselves in order to get a better handle on what's going on with us. I just can't get myself to accept that misleadings and falsehoods would ever be 'good' for us. That's why I always pay attention to that sort of thing.