The blocking of goal-directed behaviour is:

All of us, quite often, face environmental or personal obstacles in life which cause anxiety and lead to stress. Psychologists have given different names to stress such as frustration, conflict, pressure, etc.

Key Points 

• The term frustration refers to the blocking of behavior directed towards a goal. If motives are frustrated or blocked, emotional feelings and behavior often result.
• People who cannot achieve their important goals, feel depressed, fearful, anxious, guilty, or angry. Often they're simply unable to drive ordinary pleasure for living.
• For example, over-restrictive parents would be a source of frustration to an adolescent girl who wanted to give or attend a party, while a lack of water would be a source of frustration to a man lost in the desert. A wide range of obstacles both environmental and internal can lead to frustrations.