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APPROACH-APPROACH CONFLICT [1 record]

Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Conflict in which a person is motivated to approach two different goals that are incompatible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le conflit approche-approche (type a) implique des buts incompatibles ayant chacun, dans la terminologie lewinienne, une «valence» positive (l'âne de Buridan).

Spanish

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