Conflicts in Psychology Conflict can be defined as a negative emotional state caused by having to choose between two or more incompatible goals or impulses. Conflict can be a major factor for the cause of stress. It depends on the complexity of the conflict itself to determine how much stress it has produced, but there is a lot more to it. There are three different types of conflicts that are all very different. These forms …showed first 75 words of 564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 564 total…most can overcome the stress put on by this conflict. A person may feel more stress on a specific occasion if the conflict still exists or if the decision was more significant. Approach-approach conflict seems to be the easiest of the three, and avoidance-avoidance conflict seems to be the hardest. Approach-avoidance conflict is in between the two. It is neither fully positive nor negative and, for the most part, it tends to present a happy-medium.