Approach avoidance

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