Repression
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Repression may refer to:
- Memory inhibitionMemory inhibitionIn psychology, memory inhibition is the ability not to remember irrelevant information. Memory inhibition is a critical component of an effective memory system. For example, imagine if, when a person tried to remember where he had parked his car, every place he had ever parked his car came to mind;...
, the ability to filter irrelevant memories from attempts to recall - Political repressionPolitical repressionPolitical repression is the persecution of an individual or group for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take political life of society....
, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons - Social repression
- Psychological repressionPsychological repressionPsychological repression, also psychic repression or simply repression, is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts by excluding the desire from one's consciousness and holding or subduing it in the unconscious...
, the psychological act of excluding desires and impulses from one's consciousness - Genetic repressionRepressorIn molecular genetics, a repressor is a DNA-binding protein that regulates the expression of one or more genes by binding to the operator and blocking the attachment of RNA polymerase to the promoter, thus preventing transcription of the genes. This blocking of expression is called...
, the downregulation of gene transcriptionTranscription (genetics)Transcription is the process of creating a complementary RNA copy of a sequence of DNA. Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary language that can be converted back and forth from DNA to RNA by the action of the correct enzymes...
by the action of repressor proteins binding to a promoter - Repression, a theoretical concept that describes the act of creating a repressed memoryRepressed memoryRepressed memory is a hypothetical concept used to describe a significant memory, usually of a traumatic nature, that has become unavailable for recall; also called motivated forgetting in which a subject blocks out painful or traumatic times in one's life...
that excludes a particular episode from consciousness and the ability to recall it - "Repression" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: VoyagerStar Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
, the fourth episode of the seventh (and final) season of the series. - Does Repression Exist? Memory, Pathogenic,Unconscious and Clinical Evidence (2008) by Prof. Y. Rofe This article is a comprehensive review article published in Review of General Psychology, 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1, 63–85. See RCTN - The Rational-Choice Theory of Neurosis, which is an alternative theory based on the absence of repression from the understanding of the development and treatment of psychological disorders.