Games People Play: The basic handbook of transactional analysis.
by Eric Berne
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Read in November, 2007
Games People Play is both meaningful and practical, which easily makes it one of the better self-help books. It teaches a diagnostic ability to identify a game, a bestiary of common games and their antitheses, and highlights the benefits (if briefly, then only perhaps because it is obvius) of game-free living.
Berne is candid, jocular, and insightful. I needed to remind myself that Dr. Berne was writing in the 1960s as an experienced therapist, and thus the observations he remarked as a par...more
Berne is candid, jocular, and insightful. I needed to remind myself that Dr. Berne was writing in the 1960s as an experienced therapist, and thus the observations he remarked as a par...more
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Read in January, 1986
recommends it for:
everyone who isn't perfect
This a an excellent readable and practical explanation of destructive social interactions, He breaks down common patterns (this is from the 60's so there are variations now) and shows easy ways to identify games that people are acting out , and what it looks like to live game-free
Berne is funny and insightful. It is a shame that so few people I know really are willing to look deeply at these kinds of issues. Sort of like feminism I find an attitude of "we're past that", but then ...more
Berne is funny and insightful. It is a shame that so few people I know really are willing to look deeply at these kinds of issues. Sort of like feminism I find an attitude of "we're past that", but then ...more
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Read in July, 2006
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Highly recommended
I've read this book two times, this is the third book written by Prof. Eric Berne, which I've read up to now, and I believe this is the best one. It's hard to explain how much i've learned from this book, I think I should read the book once more to learn some new things.
This book shows you the "Games" which are behind the human's relationships, it believes that a great number of human's relations are a kind of "Game" indeed. But at the end of the book, Prof. Eric Berne expl...more
This book shows you the "Games" which are behind the human's relationships, it believes that a great number of human's relations are a kind of "Game" indeed. But at the end of the book, Prof. Eric Berne expl...more
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Read in May, 2007
when you set out to read a book that is supposedly a "groundbreaking classic of social psychology", you don't expect to laugh so much. but when berne breaks down the social games that people play with names such as "now i've got you, you son of a bitch", "see what you made me do" and "let's pull a fast one on joey", you can't help it.
while the social situations in the book are quite dated (written in the sixties), you can't help but start looking at...more
while the social situations in the book are quite dated (written in the sixties), you can't help but start looking at...more
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Read in October, 2007
in some ways this book is boring...but if you can get around the very analytic language, which sounds a bit to mathematical at times, then there is very interesting stuff in it. most people would rather not open the pandoras box of their hidden selves. though, people's hidden selves rarely stay that silent, and slip out through the cracks, getting some publicity. voices that demand to be heard. if you are of the kind that would rather keep pandoras box firmly sealed, then don't read this. if you...more
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grad students/sociologists
Rereading: This book is actually very funny! Valuable insights and psychotherapy training in 70's 80's was largely along this "Transactional Analysis" model from what I've been told but this book is written as sort of pseudo-scientific satire - check out IWFY "if it weren't for you" game or the ever popular NIGYSOB "now I've got you, you son-of-a-bitch" game - One of Kurt Vonnegut's favorite books!
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Read in September, 2007
i'm currently reading the 1960-something edition of this book although there is a 1996 edition. it really doesn't matter. i feel like i've found the holy grail. i know y'all's games bitches! that means ima gonna win! fuck yea! eat my metaphoric, insinuating, quadruple entendre shorts!
...no really, i'm learning some heavy shit about human relationships...
...no really, i'm learning some heavy shit about human relationships...
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Very interesting book about game analysis, though somewhat dated. I don't agree with everything Berne has to say, but most of that has to do with various issues I have with psychoanalysis. I liked this book because it provided a lot of insight into my own behaviors, as well as those around me. My conversations are going to be a lot more mindful from now on.
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Read in January, 2005
recommends it for:
everyone who likes to understand social interaction
how to recognize patterns of behavior and
motivation inin relationships and conversations -
puts a name on various ambiguous manipulation methods
motivation inin relationships and conversations -
puts a name on various ambiguous manipulation methods
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Read in August, 2007
Some of the concepts were intriguing but it could probably have been executed better. Also, I felt like most of the games he discusses were pretty pedestrian. It might have been more interesting if he had thrown in a little more complexity.
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این کتاب فوق العاده اس، از محدود کتابای آکادمیک روانشناسی هست که جذاب و قابل فهم هست
پیشنهاد می کنم اول فصل های آخرش رو بخونید
پیشنهاد می کنم اول فصل های آخرش رو بخونید
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smart. Falls into the category of books that give you the secret reason for why things happen the way they do.
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Read in October, 2007
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excellent
I guides you to learn about human"s reaction to response any situation arises.
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yes? I think I did.
I read this book in 10th grade and I dont remember anything about it except that I made all my friends read it. I should read it again sometime.
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This is one of those "Instruction Manuals" for your life.
How to interact the right way, the healthy way with all in your life.
How to interact the right way, the healthy way with all in your life.
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Read in December, 1965
Very persuasive psychological anaylysis. So politically incorrect that I'm surprised to find it on the Web.
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Read it, and then read it again. I gave away my copy many years ago and am looking to get another.
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I'v hear this is the layman's introduction into psychodynamic theory.
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Read in January, 1973
psych 101 ok to revisit
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