latency phase

• Zeitraum der Verborgenheit oder Untätigkeit zwischen Reiz und Reaktion; in der Psychologie die Phase der psychosexuellen Entwicklung, in der sexuelle Impulse unterdrückt sind, in der Technik die Verzögerung bei der Datenübertragung.

A period of dormancy or inactivity between a stimulus and a response, often used in psychology to describe a stage of psychosexual development where sexual impulses are suppressed, or in technology to refer to a delay in data transmission.

1. Psychosexual stageC1formal

   In psychoanalytic theory, the period of relative calm between the phallic stage and the genital stage, typically from about age 6 to puberty, when sexual impulses are repressed.

   Latenzphase

   • During the latency phase, children often focus on school and friendships.
   • Freud described the latency phase as a time of dormant sexual energy.
   • The latency phase is crucial for developing social skills.