| approach | 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." "A nearer approach to the human type." (Owen) 2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near. "The approach to kings and principal persons." (Bacon) 3. Movements to gain favor; advances. 4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. 5. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. 6. <botany> See Approaching. Origin: Cf. F. Approche. See Approach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| approach-approach conflict | A situation of indecision and vacillation when an individual is confronted with two equally attractive alternatives. (05 Mar 2000) |
| approach-avoidance conflict | A situation of indecision and vacillation when the individual is confronted with a single object or event which has both attractive and unattractive qualities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| approaching | <botany> The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| approachless | Impossible to be approached. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regressive-reconstructive approach | A form of psychotherapy in which regression, in order to resurrect some original psychic trauma, is an integral part of the treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nomothetic approach | A frame of psychologic reference that attempts to provide norms and general principles of behaviour by the study of groups. (05 Mar 2000) |
| idiographic approach | The comprehensive study of an individual as a basis for understanding human behaviour in general. (05 Mar 2000) |