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  2. Regression (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Anna Freud (1936) ranked regression first in her enumeration of the defense mechanisms', [16] and similarly suggested that people act out behaviors from the stage of psychosexual development in which they are fixated. For example, an individual fixated at an earlier developmental stage might cry or sulk upon hearing unpleasant news.

  3. Infinite regress - Wikipedia

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    An infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress. [1] [5] For such an argument to be successful, it has to demonstrate not just that the theory in question entails an infinite regress but also that this regress is vicious. [1] [4] The mere existence of an infinite ...

  4. Regression analysis - Wikipedia

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    For example, a simple univariate regression may propose (,) = +, suggesting that the researcher believes = + + to be a reasonable approximation for the statistical process generating the data. Once researchers determine their preferred statistical model , different forms of regression analysis provide tools to estimate the parameters β ...

  5. Regression toward the mean - Wikipedia

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    Galton's experimental setup "Standard eugenics scheme of descent" – early application of Galton's insight [1]. In statistics, regression toward the mean (also called regression to the mean, reversion to the mean, and reversion to mediocrity) is the phenomenon where if one sample of a random variable is extreme, the next sampling of the same random variable is likely to be closer to its mean.

  6. Experimenter's regress - Wikipedia

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    The regress must be broken by "social negotiation" between scientists in the respective field. In the case of Gravitational Radiation, Collins notices that Weber, the scientist who is said to have discovered the phenomenon, could refute all the critique and had "a technical answer for every other point" but he was not able to convince other ...

  7. Regress argument (epistemology) - Wikipedia

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    Infinite regress. In epistemology, the regress argument is the argument that any proposition requires a justification.However, any justification itself requires support. This means that any proposition whatsoever can be endlessly (infinitely) questioned, resulting in infinite re

  8. Regression fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Incidentally, some experiments have shown that people may develop a systematic bias for punishment and against reward because of reasoning analogous to this example of the regression fallacy. [1] The frequency of accidents on a road fell after a speed camera was installed. Therefore, the speed camera has improved road safety.

  9. Regress - Wikipedia

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    Regress may refer to: Regress argument, a problem in epistemology concerning the justification of propositions; Infinite regress, a problem in epistemology; See also