Approach-avoidance conflict
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Approach-avoidance conflictis a source of stress and refers to the tension experienced by animals and people when they are simultaneously attracted to and repulsed by the same goal.
Approach-avoidance occurs when an individual moves closer (physically or psychologically) to a seemingly desirable object, only to have the potentially negative consequences of contacting that object push back against the closing behavior.
Conflict Avoidance - A set of techniques for resolving a conflict. These methods can include: withdrawal, indifference, isolation, and smoothing over.
Appears in the 2006 AP Psychology Test
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