TA in Pills - 1-3.2 - TA Theory of Personality 2
TA Theory of Personality 2 (We are victims of our nature. Nature is structured by activated personality structures.) (for * see notes at end of this blog) Behaviour: Behaviour means the way one speaks, expresses, acts or conducts oneself. It displays the state of one's mind, attitude and orientation. Albert Mehrabian ( see here ) is well known for his studies on the content of communication, especially when it is loaded with feelings). It has three components . (1) The verbal content of expression and diction*. e.g. What do you want? vs What is it that you want? vs Is there something that you want? The verbal content comprises choice of words and the structure of sentences. (2) The way one expresses verbally. Volume, tone, pitch and stress alter the meaning of what is said. (3) Non-verbal content: Non verbal content comprises facial expressions; movements, postures and gesticulations using hands and arms and fingers; and posture, stance and pose; ~~~~~ Func...