Complements to the approach increase and decrease effects.

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What are the complements of the "approach increase effect" and the "approach decrease affect?" Their names would likely be the same except for a complementary word for "approach." For reference, an example of the approach increase effect would be the tendency to drive your car faster as you get closer to a desirable destination.

-- Scott A. Smith, Ph.D. (scottasmith@consultant.com), June 23, 2002

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I am not familiar with these exact phrases, but the opposite of "approach" is traditionally "avoid" in motivational psychology.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), June 23, 2002.

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