Personality and Psychotherapy¶
Dollard, J., & Miller, N. E. (1950). Personality and Psychotherapy: An Analysis in Terms of Learning, Thinking, and Culture. McGraw-Hill.
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- Approach-Avoidance Conflict
- The oscillation/paralysis dynamic* emerges when external pressures or internal fluctuations prevent the agent from reaching asymptotic commitment beyond d; instead, the agent cycles between positions below and above d, never fully committing or fully withdrawing.
This sourceIntegrates approach-avoidance conflict into a learning theory of personality and neurosis, describing the vacillation/oscillation produced when approach and avoidance gradients cross.
- The oscillation/paralysis dynamic* emerges when external pressures or internal fluctuations prevent the agent from reaching asymptotic commitment beyond d; instead, the agent cycles between positions below and above d, never fully committing or fully withdrawing.
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