I didn't imagine that the experts and non-experts of this forum would change their opinions or practices due to a little intense affect. I agree that an enlivened discussion is preferable to a pedantic case seminar. However, I'm not sure that some of Don's comments to Henry's post fostered dialogue. But I guess we each have our own preference for musical styles. Affects render basic information about the environment.
Affects occur all the time and are coded as scenes.
What generates high or low affect is the meaning we ascribe to a scene. Scenes that we experience frequently and have a certain level of affect will develop into scripts. Scripts are a means to manage affective experience. If I have understood the basic affect system model it has concepts not that different from the Adlerian and cognitive approaches. Each give emphasis to a different aspect of this process.