Transactional Analysis Flashcards

1
Q

TA is the theory of ______ and an organized system of interactional therapy

A

Personality

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2
Q

TA assumes we make current decisions based on

A

Past premises

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3
Q

What does TA emphasize?

A

Cognitive/behavioral

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4
Q

What are the 3 recognized schools of TA?

A

Classical, schiffian, redecisional

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5
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What are the 2 unrecognized schools of TA?

A

Self-reparenting, corrective parenting

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6
Q

What is the goal of TA?

A

Autonomy

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7
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What is defined as awareness, spontaneity, and capacity for intimacy?

A

Autonomy

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8
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What sets TA apart?

A

The goals are contractual and the power is equalized between the client and therapist

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9
Q

Who developed TA?

A

Eric Burne

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10
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What are the 3 ego states of TA?

A

Parent, adult, child

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11
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What are the two divisions of the child state?

A

Natural child and adapted child

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12
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What is a stroke in context to TA?

A

Need for stimulation and recognition
“Stroking your ego”

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13
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Why are strokes important in TA?

A

To develop a sense of trust and self worth

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14
Q

TA theory pays attention to how people _____

A

Structure their time to get strokes

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15
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TA encourages us to be aware of what when it comes to strokes

A

What strokes we survive on, what strokes we ask for and receive, what strokes we give to others

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16
Q

When would a parent give a child an injunction?

A

During expressions of disappointment, frustration, anxiety and unhappiness “don’t do this”

17
Q

Where do counterinjunctions come from?

A

The parents parent ego state

18
Q

How is transaction described in TA

A

A basic unit of communication

19
Q

A transaction consists of an exchange of two ______ between 2 or more people

A

Strokes

20
Q

What is a game in the context of TA?

A

Ongoing series of transactions that end with a negative payoff called for by the script that concludes the game and advances some way of feeling badly.

21
Q

What are the 3 basic elements within a game?

A

Complementary transactions, ulterior transaction, negative payoff which is the real purpose of the game

22
Q

How does Berne describe the anthology of games?

A

Persecutor, rescuer, victim

23
Q

What are the unpleasant feelings people experience after a game?

A

Rackets

24
Q

What is a familiar emotion that was learned and encouraged in childhood, and experienced in many different stress situations, but it is maladaptive as an adult means of problem-solving

A

Rackets

25
Q

How are rackets maintained?

A

By choosing situations that will support them 

26
Q

And transactional analysis what our clients taught to do

A

Make connections between the games they played as children and those they play now 

27
Q

How does making connections help clients in the present? 

A

It offers clients the chance to drop certain games in favor of responding. Honestly, this is an opportunity that may lead them to discover ways of changing negative strokes into learn how to give and receive positive strokes. 

28
Q

When do decisions about oneself one’s world and one’s relationship crystallize ?

A

The first five years of life 

29
Q

According to transactional analysis, what are the four basic life positions that determine how people feel about themselves, and how they relate to others 

A
  1. I’m okay, you’re okay
  2. I’m okay, you’re not okay
  3. I’m not okay, you’re okay
  4. Im not okay, you’re not okay
30
Q

How can clients become aware of how they acquired their life script and are able to see more clearly in their life role?

A

Script analysis

31
Q

What type of analysis demonstrates the process by which people acquired a script and the strategies they employ to justify their actions based on it 

A

Script analysis