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Transactional Analysis
Transactional Analysis
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
Child
These are called EGO STATES
Overly Critical- Critical parent Loving and nurturing the child- Nurturing parent
Logical.
Contamination
When the Adult uses information which has its source in the Child or in the Parent and which may be incorrect. Prejudice.
They may be good or bad depending on which parents tapes we are playing.
RELATIONSHIPS
Child to Child Parent to parent
Child to Adult
Adult to Parent
Adult to Adult
STROKES
The recognition that one person gives to another
Positive Strokes- I love you, you did a good job- Warm Fuzzies Negative Strokes- I hate you- cold Pricklies.
When positive strokes are not given, we look for negative strokes rather than be without strokes at all!!
There are five ways people can structure their time to get strokes:
RITUAL
A pre-set exchange of recognition strokes. "Hi!" How are you?" "Fine, thanks." "Well, see you around. Bye!" This is a four-stroke ritual.
PASTIME
A pre-set conversation around a certain subject.
Games
Repetitive, devious series of transactions intended to get strokes.
Intimacy
A direct and powerful exchange of strokes which people crave but seldom attain The Child is frightened away from it by hurtful experiences.
Work
An activity which has a product as its result.
TRANSACTIONS
Transactions occur when any person relates to any other person.
The three types of transactions: COMPLEMENTARY,CROSSED & COVERT. Every transaction is made up of a stimulus and response.
Complementary Transaction
between Adult and Adult Parent to Child
Parent to Parent
Communication can continue between ego states as long as trans-actions are parallel. Whenever a disruption of communication occurs, a crossed transaction caused it.
Cross Transaction
When three or more ego states are involved
The transactional response is addressed to an ego state different from the one which started the stimulus They disrupt communication.
Discount Transaction
One very important kind of crossed transaction Here one person completely disregards what the other one is saying. Discounts are not always obvious but are always unpleasant
Covert Transactions
A covert transaction is when people say one thing and mean another. Are the basis of games and are especially interesting because they are crooked. They have a social (overt) and a psychological (covert) level.
WHY DONT YOU, YES BUT (YDYB,) RAPO, AND THEIR PAYOFFS.
PAYOFFS OF GAMES
The biological pay-off is strokes The social pay-off of a game is timestructuring. The existential pay-off of a game is the way in which the game confirms the existential position of each player.
SCRIPT CHECKLIST
Life course. What short sentence best describes the person's life?
Counterscript. This is a period of life dominated by the Parent. What does the person do when he seems to be escaping the life-course?
Parental Injunction. In what way did the Child in mother and father interfere with the person's OK-ness? The Game. Every script is based on a major game The Pastime. How does a person structure most of their spare time with others?