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V. Venkatasubramanian, Sajeev, M.V. & A.K. Singha.
All of us evoke behaviour from one of the three ego states at different times. A healthy
individual maintains a balance between all the three ego states. Each ego state has an appropriate
time and place. To realize one’s potential in life, it is important to be able to move flexibly from one
ego state to another as different situations arise.
While all the people are structurally alike, in that they all have a PAC, they differ in two ways:
content differences and functional differences.
5.20.20.4 Content of Parent, Adult and Child
Differing people will be dominated by one ego state or the other. A normal person will have
a proper balance between the three ego states.
The parent dominated people do not engage in rational problem solving because they already
know what is right and what is wrong. They seem to have an answer for everything. The Adult
dominated people can be troublesome because they will be very boring to work with. They are often
“Workaholics”. They are never able to “let their hair down” and have fun. The Child dominated
people, like paprent dominated people, do not engage in rational problem solving. They learned in
their formative years that they can get things by screaming and being emotional. These people are
very hard to season with in many situations.
A proper balance between ego states and flexibility to move from one to another depending
on the situation is essential for a healthy personality.
5.20.20.5 Analyzing Transaction
The transaction consists of stimulus by one person and a response by another, which in turn
may become a new stimulus for the other person to respond to. It is a unit of social interaction. The
purpose of analysis is to discover which part of each person PAC is originating each stimulus and
response. The clues to identify these are not only in words but also in tone of voice, body gesture and
facial expressions. The transactions may be verbal or non verbal. The transactions may be:
1. Open or complementary or parallel
2. Blocked or uncomplimentary or crossed
3. Ulterior or hidden or disguised transaction.
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