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Ego States in Transactional Analysis
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Transactional Analysis, as formulated by Dr. Eric Berne, is a keytheory in the field of psychotherapy. Transactional Analysis (TA) isa very simple and easily comprehensible method of understanding humanbehavior. Central to this theory is the concept of a "
transaction.
"In the words of Dr. Berne:"The unit of social intercourse is called a transaction. If two ormore people encounter each other... sooner or later one of them willspeak, or give some other indication of acknowledging the presence ofthe others. This is called transactional stimulus. Another personwill then say or do something which is in some way related to thestimulus, and that is called the transactional response."TA also involves the identification of what are called "
ego states
"behind each and every transaction. Berne defined an ego state as "aconsistent pattern of feeling and experience directly related to acorresponding consistent pattern of behavior." Dr. Berne identifiedthree ego states:
1.
Parent (taught concept)
2.
Child (felt concept)
3.
Adult (learned concept)
It should be carefully noted that the descriptions of these egostates do NOT necessarily correspond to their common definitions asused the English language.The following are detailed descriptions of the three ego states:
Parent:
The parent represents a massive collection of recordings in the brainof external events experienced or perceived in approximately thefirst five years of life. Since the majority of the external eventsexperienced by a child are actions of the parent, this ego state isappropriately called Parent. Note that events perceived by the childfrom individuals who are NOT parents (but who are often in parent-like roles) are also recorded in the Parent.Typical behaviors include:
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Advise, train, feed, coach, and protect (also called NurturingP - the mother's role)
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Scold, criticize. punish, and lay down rules (also calledCritical P - the father's role)It is worth noting that, while recording these events, the youngchild has no way to filter the data; the events are recorded withoutquestion and without analysis. One can consider that these events areimposed on the child.
Child:
In contrast to the Parent, the Child represents the recordings in thebrain of internal events associated with external events the childperceives. In other words, stored in the Child are the emotions orfeelings which accompanied external events. Like the Parent,
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