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TA Theory of Personality -1 (We are victims of our nature. Nature is structured by activated personality structures.) (for * see notes at end of this blog) Personality is modelled in Transactional Analysis using ego states* as its building blocks. Ego states are psychic entities. There are three types or categories of ego states. They are named Parent, Adult and Child*. Each of these is a collective noun like group or crowd. Though they are used in singular they refer to very many ego states of the same type. They are written first letter capitalised when the words parent, adult and child are used to represent ego states. Understanding features of ego states: Each of the ego states are characterised by: 1) related patterns of thinking, feeling, attitude and behaviour; 2) manner of perception, evaluation, assessment and response; The personality of a  Parent* Ego State dominant   person   displays characteristics similar to the person's parents. The p...

Cybernetics and Script Infants and children have these basic needs: Warmth, touch, nurture, affection, care, attention and acceptance. Growing children are driven by curiosity, inquisitiveness, activity, learning, knowing and display for attention seeking and appreciation. Teenagers seek association, sharing, cross-sex socialisation, role modelling, growing to adulthood and supported freedom. Adults seek respect, regard, recognition, appreciation, attention, acceptance, authority, freedom and independence.  Dealing with  reality and reality situations (click:  Terms, Concepts and Ideas  for details) is an ongoing engagement for all of us. All of us face surprise when we are ordered, questioned, evaluated, appraised or / and labelled. This is all the more true for children. They feel 'bad' many times a day by being subjected to this process. It generates conditioning. The growing child inadvertently generates 'safe play areas'. The relationship of infants wit...