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title: "Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict — AP Psych Definition"
description: "Avoidance-avoidance conflict is choosing between two bad options. Learn how this stressor type shows up in AP Psych Topic 7.4 alongside cognitive appraisal."
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# Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict — AP Psych Definition

## Definition

An avoidance-avoidance conflict refers to a decision-making situation where all available options or choices are undesirable or negative.

## Related Study Guides

- [7.4 Stress and Coping](/ap-psych-revised/unit-7/stress-coping/study-guide/O96bfZowqQ0A0MlqHHG5)

## Review

### Related Terms

- [Stress](/ap-psych-revised/key-terms/stress): The body's reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response.
- [Coping Mechanisms](/ap-psych-revised/key-terms/coping-mechanisms): Strategies people use to deal with stressful situations.
- [Learned Helplessness](/ap-psych-revised/key-terms/learned-helplessness): A mental state in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent encounters with those stimuli, even if they are escapable.