SCRIPT THEORY 1

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N., Pam M.S.
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Psychological theory which posits that human behavior largely falls into patterns called "scripts" because they function analogously to the way a written script does, by providing a program for action; basic unit of analysis is called a "scene,

SCRIPT THEORY 1: "Script theory was originally proposed by U.S. personality psychologist Silvan S. Tomkins (1911-1991)."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
  2. BEHAVIORAL PROCEDURE
  3. SEGREGATED MODEL
  4. PRAXIOLOGY
  5. BEHAVIOR EPISODE
  6. SOCIUS
  7. PSYCHOLOGY
  8. ACTION SLIP
  9. BIOLOGICAL FACTOR
  10. ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SCRIPT THEORY 1," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/script-theory-1/ (accessed July 15, 2019).
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