conflict: Quick Facts

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Existential crisis approach-avoidance conflict approach-approach conflict avoidance-avoidance conflict conflict resolution ambivalence cognitive dissonance redirection Displacement activity defense mechanism drug use human sexual activity motivation collective behavior perception human intelligence memory humor personality Aggressive behaviour

Key People

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Ludwig Gumplowicz

Austrian scholar

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Karl Mannheim

German sociologist