Literature/1978/Tomkins

Wikimedia

 * Script theory
 * In Script theory, the basic unit of analysis is called a "scene", defined as a sequence of events linked by the affects triggered during the experience of those events. Tomkins recognised that our affective experiences fall into patterns that we may group together according to criteria such as the types of persons and places involved and the degree of intensity of the effect experienced, which patterns in turn constitute scripts that inform our behaviour in an effort to maximize positive affect and to minimize negative affect.