Source: Car Pickhardt Ph.D. Ambivalence is the motivational inconsistency between simultaneously desiring and not desiring to make a given choice, or the perceptual inconsistency between seeing some ...

Knowing you have to see someone you just don't get along with can be anxiety inducing. But even more toxic than a negative relationship is an ambivalent one, Adam Grant, a Wharton psychologist, writes ...

‘The world champions decisiveness and clarity, and dismisses as fence-sitters those of us who see both sides of an argument’ As an incurably ambivalent person, let me tell you this: I’ve got pretty ...

Tell me your position on the NSA government surveillance revelations. Do you believe that Edward Snowden is a quiet hero who has performed a vital public service? Or do you think he is a traitor who ...

Do you often find yourself in "analysis paralysis"? It is a state where you’ve thoroughly evaluated every detail, know all the possible outcomes, but still can’t seem to decide. Ambivalence is the ...

Twenty years ago I was asked to write a blurb for a book called “Women Who Think Too Much.” I was indignant. How can a woman think too much? Thinking is good! The very idea is sexist — nobody would ...

Ambivalence — defined as a state of indecision — usually won’t win you points with colleagues. How could that be useful, right? A new study suggests that, lo and behold, ambivalence is not a bug in ...

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Kelley Kitley, 45, thought her family was complete with two sons and a daughter. Then, after realizing she was a few days late getting her period, she took a pregnancy test. It was positive. "I was in ...