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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: [[simultaneous]] and [[contradictory]] [[attitudes]] or [[feelings]] (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, [[person]], or [[action]]

*1: [[simultaneous]] and [[contradictory]] [[attitudes]] or [[feelings]] (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, [[person]], or [[action]]

:b : [[uncertainty]] as to which approach to follow

:b : [[uncertainty]] as to which approach to follow

==Description==

==Description==

'''Ambivalence''' is a state of having [[simultaneous]], [[conflicting]] [[feelings]] toward a person or thing. Stated another way, ambivalence is the [[experience]] of having [[thoughts]] and/or [[emotions]] of both [[positive]] and [[negative]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_(psychology) valence] toward someone or something. A common example of ambivalence is the feeling of both [[love]] and [[hate]] for a person. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences [[uncertainty]] or indecisiveness concerning something. The [[expressions]] "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_feet cold feet]" and "sitting on the fence" are often used to describe the feeling of ambivalence.

'''Ambivalence''' is a state of having [[simultaneous]], [[conflicting]] [[feelings]] toward a person or thing. Stated another way, ambivalence is the [[experience]] of having [[thoughts]] and/or [[emotions]] of both [[positive]] and [[negative]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_(psychology) valence] toward someone or something. A common example of ambivalence is the feeling of both [[love]] and [[hate]] for a person. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences [[uncertainty]] or indecisiveness concerning something. The [[expressions]] "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_feet cold feet]" and "sitting on the fence" are often used to describe the feeling of ambivalence.

Ambivalence is experienced as [[psychologically]] unpleasant when the positive and negative aspects of a subject are both present in a [[person]]'s [[mind]] at the [[same time]]. This state can lead to avoidance or [[procrastination]], or to [[deliberate]] attempts to resolve the ambivalence. When the situation does not require a [[decision]] to be made, people [[experience]] less discomfort even when feeling ambivalent.

Ambivalence is experienced as [[psychologically]] unpleasant when the positive and negative aspects of a subject are both present in a [[person]]'s [[mind]] at the [[same time]]. This state can lead to avoidance or [[procrastination]], or to [[deliberate]] attempts to resolve the ambivalence. When the situation does not require a [[decision]] to be made, people [[experience]] less discomfort even when feeling ambivalent.

In [[psychoanalysis]], the [[concept]] of ''ambivalence'' (introduced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Bleuler Bleuler] in 1911) refers to an underlying emotional [[attitude]] in which the co-existing contradictory [[impulses]] (usually [[love]] and [[hate]]) derive from a common [[source]] and are thus held to be [[interdependent]]. Moreover, when the term is used in this psychoanalytic sense, it would not usually be [[expected]] that the person embodying ambivalence would actually feel both of the two contradictory emotions as such. With the exception of cases of obsessional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosis neurosis], one or other of the conflicting sides is usually [[repressed]]. Thus, for example, an analysand's love for his [[father]] might be quite consciously experienced and openly [[expressed]] – while his 'hate' for the same object might be heavily repressed and only indirectly expressed, and thus only revealed in [[analysis]].

In [[psychoanalysis]], the [[concept]] of ''ambivalence'' (introduced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Bleuler Bleuler] in 1911) refers to an underlying emotional [[attitude]] in which the co-existing contradictory [[impulses]] (usually [[love]] and [[hate]]) derive from a common [[source]] and are thus held to be [[interdependent]]. Moreover, when the term is used in this psychoanalytic sense, it would not usually be [[expected]] that the person embodying ambivalence would actually feel both of the two contradictory emotions as such. With the exception of cases of obsessional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosis neurosis], one or other of the conflicting sides is usually [[repressed]]. Thus, for example, an analysand's love for his [[father]] might be quite consciously experienced and openly [[expressed]] – while his 'hate' for the same object might be heavily repressed and only indirectly expressed, and thus only revealed in [[analysis]].

Another relevant distinction is that whereas the [[psychoanalytic]] notion of 'ambivalence' sees it as engendered by all neurotic conflict, a person's everyday 'mixed [[feelings]]' may easily be based on a quite realistic [[assessment]] of the imperfect nature of the thing being [[considered]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalence]

Another relevant distinction is that whereas the [[psychoanalytic]] notion of 'ambivalence' sees it as engendered by all neurotic conflict, a person's everyday 'mixed [[feelings]]' may easily be based on a quite realistic [[assessment]] of the imperfect nature of the thing being [[considered]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalence]

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]