Kurt Lewin's framework describes three types of motivational conflicts.

• A. Approach-Approach Conflict
• B. Approach-Avoidance Conflict
• C. Motivation
• D. Lewin's Motivational Conflicts Theory

Answer: (D)

Lewin’s framework looks at how competing goals pull us in different directions and identifies three classic motivational conflicts that can arise from that tug-of-war.

When you have two desirable options and you have to choose between them, that’s an approach-approach conflict. You feel pulled toward both choices, but choosing one means giving up the other. For example, wanting to go on a vacation to two equally appealing destinations creates this tension.

If a single goal has both appealing and off-putting aspects, you’re in an approach-avoidance conflict. You’re drawn to the goal but held back by its costs or downsides, such as wanting a high-paying job but worrying about long hours or stress.

When you must pick between two outcomes that are unpleasant, you’re facing an avoidance-avoidance conflict. You choose the lesser of two evils, like deciding between a boring job and a physically demanding one.

Among the options, two correspond to these actual conflict types, while one names the theory itself rather than a type of conflict. The key idea is that Lewin’s framework centers on these three distinct conflicts, not on a label that describes the theory as a whole.