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TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS

MIND GAMES

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WHAT IS IT?
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FALLS UNDER THE BROAD PURVIEW OF INTER-PERSONAL CONFLICTS THEORIZED BY ERIC BERNE (1950s) REVISED FREUDIAN CONCEPT OF HUMAN PSYCHE CONCENTRATED ON CONTENT OF PEOPLES INTERACTIONS

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SYSTEMATIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY DESCRIBES HOW PEOPLE ARE STRUCTURED PSYCHOLOGICALLY PERSONAL GROWTH AND PERSONAL CHANGE

EGO STATES
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When people interact they do so in one of three different EGO STATES An Ego State is a specific way of thinking feeling and behaving, and each ego state has its origin in specific regions of the brain.

P-A-C MODEL
PARENT ego state ADULT ego state CHILD ego state

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PARENT EGO STATE

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TAUGHT EGO STATE A state in which people behave, feel, and think in response to an unconscious mimicking of how their parents (or other parental figures) acted, or how they interpreted their parent's actions. There are two forms of Parent we can play: The Nurturing Parent The Controlling (or Critical) Parent

ADULT EGO STATE

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THINKING EGO STATE A state in which people behave, feel, and think in response to what is going on in the "here-and-now," using all of their resources as an adult human being with many years of life experience to guide them. This is the ideal ego state (Not impulsive or domineering) the Adult in us is the 'grown up' rational person who talks reasonably and assertively, neither trying to control nor reacting. CHILD EGO STATE
FELT EGO STATE

A state in which people revert to behaving, feeling and thinking similarly to how they did in childhood Behaviours that are influenced by this ego state are full of emotions, joy and rebellious nature.

JOHARI Window
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Developed by JOseph Luft & HARry Ingham. Analysis of causes of Interpersonal conflict

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Represented by four quadrants representing four distinct aspects of personality.

Open Self

Hidden Self

Blind Self

Undiscovere d Self

STROKING
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Recognition of ones presence by others STROKING POSITIVE NEGATIVE

Social transactions
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Transactions can be either:

Complimentary. Crossed. Ulterior.

LIFE POSITIONS
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I am OK. You are not OK.

I am OK. You are OK.

I am not OK. You are not OK.

I am not OK. You are OK.