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Approach and Avoidance Motivation
Guide to Approach and Avoidance Motivation, with evidence, practical steps, limits, safety and decision rules. It includes sourced examples and clear decision rules.
Approach and avoidance motivation organizes motivation by direction, quality, intensity, persistence and context rather than treating all effort as the same construct. The same behavior can arise from different mechanisms, so a general motivation technique cannot be promised to every person or setting; that boundary is retained when interpreting the “Approach and Avoidance Motivation” page.
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