TA in Pills - 1-5.2 - TA Theory of Transactions 2
TA Theory of Transactions 2 (Transactions represent the need to interact with others.) (for * see notes at end of this blog) Transactions are units of social interaction. They help people in recognising each other, in establishing a connect with one another and in hosting communication between them. Transactions help in exchanging a commodity. The commodity is stroke. Therefore the impact of transactions is dependent on the strength, quality and impact of strokes they deliver. This is an important difference between an interaction and a transaction. A transaction comprises a transactional stimulus and a transactional response. Therefore a transaction is a transaction if and only if ego states are involved. As an example: "Something is happening there." is not a transaction. But "Look, something is happening there." is a transaction. Simple Transactions: There are two types of simple transactions. They are complementary transactions and crossed transact...