latency phase

• Phase de latence ou période d'inactivité entre un stimulus et une réponse, utilisée notamment en psychologie pour décrire le stade du développement psychosexuel où les impulsions sexuelles sont refoulées, ou en technologie pour désigner le délai de transmission des données.

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.

   phase de latence

   • 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.