REGRESSION

Regression

Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way. The defense mechanism of regression, in psychoanalytic theory, occurs when an individual's personality reverts to an earlier stage of development, adopting more childish mannerisms.

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regression

Noun

  1. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
  2. A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
  3. An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
  4. An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
  5. The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.


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