Students encountered many conflicting situations during their adjustment process. For example, a student wants to admit his mistake in front of the teacher but at the same time he is afraid of being punished by the teacher. It is best explained by

Conflict refers to a situation in which a person wants to make a decision that has two choices and both choices seem good.

Key Points

From the above-mentioned information it could be interpreted that it is related to 'approach-avoidance' conflict as it is a kind of conflict which occurs when:

• a situation has both good and bad aspects.
• a goal has both positive and negative characteristics.
• an event has both attractive and unattractive features.

For example:

• A mother allows her child to play but after only the completion of homework.
• A student wants to admit his mistake in front of the teacher but at the same time, he is afraid of being punished by the teacher.

Hence, it could be concluded that the above-mentioned statement is best explained by Approach – Avoidance Conflicting Situation. 

Additional Information

• Approach-Approach conflicting situation: In this situation, a person has to choose one of the two ways which lead to some goal. For example, a child’s friend wants to play cricket while another friend wants to play football. In such a situation, he will have to choose one of the games to play.
• Avoidance-Avoidance conflicting situation: In this situation, despite one doesn’t want any of the two choices, one has to pick up one. For example, a student wants to take Arts after 10^th, while his father wants him to take Maths, if he doesn’t, he will be yelled at. So, the student wants to avoid both being yelled at and taking Maths.