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Regression I. Experimental approaches to regression
Author(s) -
Alexandrov Yuri,
Feldman Brian,
Svarnik Olga,
Znamenskaya Irina,
Kolbeneva Marina,
Arutyunova Karina,
Krylov Andrey,
Bulava Alexandra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5922.12580
Subject(s) - regression , psychology , regression analysis , prosocial behavior , impulse (physics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
The concept of regression is considered with an emphasis on the differences between the positions of Freud and Jung regarding its significance. The paper discusses the results of experimental analyses of individual experience dynamics (from gene expression changes and impulse neuronal activity in animals to prosocial behaviour in healthy humans at different ages, and humans in chronic pain) in those situations where regression occurs: stress, disease, learning, highly emotional states and alcohol intoxication. Common mechanisms of regression in all these situations are proposed. The mechanisms of regression can be described as reversible dedifferentiation, which is understood as a relative increase of the representation of low‐differentiated (older) systems in the actualized experience. In all of the cases of dedifferentiation mentioned above, the complexity of the systemic organization of behaviour significantly decreases.