TA in Pills - 1-1.2 - What is Transactional Analysis 2
What is Transactional Analysis Transactional Analysis is a social psychology. Its practitioners use it in many areas and in many ways. It is an empowering tool for achieving personal growth, personal development, personal effectiveness and personal transformation. It helps us to have a robust, effective, influential personality. It helps us to put our life on a success path. TA theory of Personality: Personality is modeled in Transactional Analysis using psychic entities called ego states as building blocks. There are three broad categories of ego states. The basis of their classification is: > The way they generate perception, evaluation, assessment and response; > The way they manifest as patterns of thinking, feeling, behaviour and attitude; > Their source and historical epoch; The three categories of ego states are Parent (externally sourced), Child (archaic ego states from one’s own childhood) and Adult (contemporary) ego states. Parent ego s...