latency phase

• Fase de inactividad o latencia entre un estímulo y una respuesta, usada en psicología para referirse a la etapa del desarrollo psicosexual en la que los impulsos sexuales están reprimidos, y en tecnología para indicar el retardo en la transmisión de datos.

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.

   fase de latencia

   • 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.