latency phase

• Período de latência ou inatividade entre um estímulo e uma resposta, usado na psicologia para designar a fase do desenvolvimento psicossexual em que os impulsos sexuais estão adormecidos e, na tecnologia, para indicar o atraso na transmissão de dados.

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 latência

   • 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.