The script and the life course

Prepared By Manu Melwin JoyResearch Scholar

School of Management StudiesCUSAT, Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

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The script and the life course

“The script is what the person planned to

do in early childhood and the life course is

what actually happens.”

- Eric Berne

The script and the life course

• Your life course is the

result of four interacting

factors:

–Heredity.

– External Events.

– Script.

–Autonomous decision.

The script and the life course• My inheritance of genes largely

determines my physical make up.

• It may also help determine my mental characteristics, though there is still no agreement in the nature vs nurture argument.

• Even if I decided to become an athlete and heredity gave me a moderately fast and strong body, I may do better to find a different way of fulfilling myself.

The script and the life course

Perhaps my early decision was

to live to a healthy old age. I

may be unfortunate enough to

be caught in a fire, earthquake

or plane crash, even though I

have not set up in anyway for

such an outcome. A chance

external event has cut across

my decision to live.

The script and the life course• Whether or not I undertake

formal therapy, many of my life decisions can be taken with full use of my grown up resources.

• We say that these decision are script free or autonomous.

• When I make an autonomous decision, I am dealing with here and now reality as the adult I am now.

Thank You

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