2017 Tomkins Institute Annual Gathering.
Please join us September 15-16, 2017 for the Tomkins Institute Annual Gathering. Mt. Washington Conference... Read More
APPLIED STUDIES IN MOTIVATION, EMOTION AND COGNITION
"We are on the threshold of immense new possibilities in understanding human beings.”
(Silvan Tomkins)
Silvan Tomkins’s theory of innate, biologically-based affects describes the internal reward system that powers human motivation and explains the systematic, incremental development of emotion, learning, personality and ideology. We at the Tomkins Institute are devoted to testing, advancing, and applying this powerful Human Being Theory.
PURPOSE OF AFFECT
NINE AFFECTS
FACE
SHAME
SCRIPTS & COGNITION
IDEOLOGY
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What members of the Institute are reading, writing and appreciating about Tomkins' ideas at play in the world.
Tomkins and Izard: Theories Compared
By Duncan Lucas, PhD. and Maria McManus Carroll Izard is a widely cited theorist and researcher on emotion, possibly more well-known today than his mentor, Silvan Tomkins. People familiar with Izard’s theories might be interested in understanding the similarities with... Read More
Videos of Babies and Affects
Youtube videos are precious for more than just kittens and cuteness. These videos, fun and funny as they are to watch, are excellent examples of affects in action. Of particular note is the video on shame, an affect that is... Read More
The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
by Vick Kelly (Excerpted and edited from the Tomkins Talk Forum) The following link provides information about an exciting potential interface between ASP, Neuroscience, and Restorative Justice: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice I find it very interesting that neuroimaging has shown poorly developed amygdalas in so-called psychopaths. There... Read More
Affect and Faith: Putting the Worth-ship in Worship
The Heart of Faith by David McShane Religions often don’t understand how faith happens. Like the cultures they are embedded in, many operate as though thought governs behavior. What most faith institutions fail to appreciate is that affects motivate, not thought. This... Read More
Silvan Says #1: Name and Address (How Memory Works)
This is the first in a series of short articles that look deeply at a particular passage or section of Silvan Tomkins’s work. By Dave McShane When Silvan Tomkins wrote about memory he took pains to specify what a name... Read More
Fraud Psychology Underscores Importance of Affect-Script
In May, for a required course on finance in a Master’s Level class at Northwestern University, Daven Morrison presented a lecture on fraud and the psychology behind it. As fraud is a human act, and because all actions are fundamentally... Read More
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