TA for Learners - 00.05 TA Theory of Human Interactions (TA Proper)
TA for Learners 00.05 TA Theory of Human Interactions (TA Proper) (This Blog is a Chapter in 'My Little TA Book') List of Contents Introduction It is only a matter of time that people recognise the presence of another when they come in contact. The recognition may be verbal or non verbal. Such recognition constitutes social intercourse. A transaction is defined as a unit of social intercourse . Transactions aid social action. Every transaction comprises a transactional stimulus and a related transactional response. Transactions are vectors. Therefore transactions are represented by arrows in diagrams. The transactional stimulus in marked ‘S’ and the transactional response is marked ‘R’ in transactional diagrams. They start and end in ego states. They aid exchange of strokes. The characteristic features of a transaction are: 1. They take place between ego states ; 2. They carr y communication; 3. They carr y ...