If you want to go with your friends to see a movie and you want to stay at home to study for the test the next day, you are involved in an approach-avoidance conflict.

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This scenario describes an avoidance-avoidance conflict because you are choosing between two undesirable outcomes: missing out on fun with friends or not studying for an important test. An approach-avoidance conflict involves a single choice that has both positive and negative aspects.

If You Want to Go with Your Friends to See