Concept of Transactional Analysis1

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Concept of transactional analysis:

A social transaction occurs when two persons

interact with each other, analysis of such

transaction is called transactional analysis(TA)

thus transactional analysis can be defined as

the study of social interaction s between

people. it is a technique of analysing and

understanding inter-personal behaviour.


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Dr.Eric Berne believed that everyones

personality is made up of three parts called

ego states. An ego state is a pattern ofbehaviour that a person develops as he or she

grows up ,based on his or her accumulated

network of feelinga and experiences There are three ego states:

1. Parent ego state of a person comprises the

judgemental,value-laden,rule making andmoralising component of personality.it is

expressed by advice,dosand donts.


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2. The adult ego State is authentic, direct and reality based. it is

rational, fact-seeking and problem solving.

3. The child ego state constitutes ofemotional,creative,spontaneous and impulsive component

of personality.

Parent Adult Child

Rules and laws Rationality Seeing,hearing,touching

Dos and donts Estimation Wishing

Truth Evaluation Impulsive

Teaching Exploring Spontaneous

demonstrating Testing Experiencing joy


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Types of transactions:

Complementary: when the ego states of the senderand receiver in the opening transaction are simply

reversed in the response.(parallel line) e.g.S:I want u

to be more careful handling the machine.W: sir if u

say so I would be careful

P

A

C C

A

P


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Non-complementary: or crossed transaction

occurs when the stimulus and response lines

are not parallel e.g. f: I have told u time and

again that I want those report on time.w: I

didnot realize the time o.k. I would reorder my

priority.

P

A

C C

A

P


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Ulterior transaction: in this the

communication has double meaning at the

surface level there is a clear adult message

where as there is hidden message at the

psychological level.eg one may show his

hospitality on the surface but may pull the legof the other in the form of jokes

Gallows transaction: it is signified by

inappropriate love or smile in a transaction.that is a smile in response to a persons

misfortune may serve as a gallows transaction.


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Life positions In the process of growing up,people make basic

assumptions about their own self-worth,as well asabout the worth of significant people in theirenvironment . Harris called the combination ofassumptions about oneself and another person a life

position.

There are four life position held with respect tooneself and others.

1. I' am OK-youre OK: appears to be an ideal lifeposition people with such kind of feeling tend tohave positive outlook on life. they seems to behappy active people who succeed.


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2) I' am OK-youre not OK:tend to watch others

closely because they think no one can be

trusted to do things as well as they can .3) I am not OK- youre OK:feel that others are

generally more competent than they are and

generally have fewer problems.4) I am not OK- youre not OK tend to feel bad

about themselves and see the whole world

as miserable. such people tend to give up

,they dont trust others and have no

confidence in themselves.


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I am OK- youre not OK I am OK youre OK

Im not OK Youre not OK Im not OK-youre OK

positive

negative

Attrib

utestowardsself

Attribute towards others

negative positive

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