Charlie is a freshman in college who needs to declare her major. She is interested in history, psychology, medicine, and law. As she thinks about each of these potential majors, she considers both the positive and negative aspects of each, which cause her to go back and forth in her decision. Charlie is experiencing a(n) __________ conflict.

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Charlie is experiencing a conflict in which she is simultaneously attracted to and repelled by multiple options (history, psychology, medicine, and law). This is known as a multiple approach-avoidance conflict. Option A (double approach-avoidance) would be if Charlie was considering two options, each of which had both positive and negative aspects. Option B (avoidance-avoidance) would be if Charlie had to choose between two unsatisfying options. Option C (approach-approach) would be if Charlie was trying to choose between two equally appealing options.

Charlie Is a Freshman in College Who Needs to Declare