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fear-induced aggression

a form of aggression in which an animal attacks after it has been severely threatened or cornered.

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regression in the service of the ego

regression in the service of the ego

in psychoanalytic theory, the adaptive circumvention of normal ego functioning in order to access primitive material (see primary process), often associated with the creative process. [first described by Swiss-born U.S. psychoanalyst Ernst Kris (1900–1957)]