The next type of conflict is approach-avoidance. When dealing with this type of conflict a person is faced with a single decision, but that decision is made up of both good and bad parts. People are faced with this type of conflict all of the time. The approach-avoidance conflict is often very hard to resolve. Once the decision is made, as you get closer to that goal anticipation and excitement builds, this happens due to the strengthening approach gradient for the positive aspect of the conflict. When approaching the negative side of the conflict the avoidance gradient kicks in, which causes dread and sort of kills the excitement. As the event gets closer, when the approach gradient is larger than avoidance gradient we go ahead with our decision.
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This type of decision involves having to make a choice between two different things. Each of these choices has both positive and negative sides to them. These conflicts, like the single approach-avoidance conflict, are often very difficult and multifaceted. They cause a lot of wavering, indecision and stress. I have dealt with this type of conflict when just this past weekend. I had to decide between staying at school and going home. If I stayed at school I would get to go out with my friends that I hadn’t seen a while, but I knew I would be doing this at the expense of getting my school work done, and I had a lot of school work to do. I also wouldn’t have to drive and spend money on gas. If I went home I would have a lot of time to focus on my school work. I would also get to see my family, who I haven’t seen in a while. I also sort of needed a break from some of my friends because we were all starting to get on each other’s nerves. I ended up going home for the weekend. It was not a fun weekend at all; however, I got two papers and a project done for the week. Parts of me wish I would have been around school, especially when I see pictures of my friends on Facebook, but I know that I definitely made the right decision because I am experiencing so much less stress going into the
This type of decision involves having to make a choice between two different things. Each of these choices has both positive and negative sides to them. These conflicts, like the single approach-avoidance conflict, are often very difficult and multifaceted. They cause a lot of wavering, indecision and stress. I have dealt with this type of conflict when just this past weekend. I had to decide between staying at school and going home. If I stayed at school I would get to go out with my friends that I hadn’t seen a while, but I knew I would be doing this at the expense of getting my school work done, and I had a lot of school work to do. I also wouldn’t have to drive and spend money on gas. If I went home I would have a lot of time to focus on my school work. I would also get to see my family, who I haven’t seen in a while. I also sort of needed a break from some of my friends because we were all starting to get on each other’s nerves. I ended up going home for the weekend. It was not a fun weekend at all; however, I got two papers and a project done for the week. Parts of me wish I would have been around school, especially when I see pictures of my friends on Facebook, but I know that I definitely made the right decision because I am experiencing so much less stress going into the