CTA Games People Play & Game Analysis

Question 1

In transactional analysis, what is a 'game'?

Accepted Answer

A repetitive series of transactions with a hidden agenda that ends in bad feelings

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A recreational activity in therapy

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A therapeutic role-play technique

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A competitive interaction between clients

Question 2

What is the 'payoff' of a psychological game in TA?

Accepted Answer

The negative feeling that confirms the player's script at the game's conclusion

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A financial reward

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A therapeutic breakthrough

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A positive stroke

Question 3

What is the 'Drama Triangle' in TA?

Accepted Answer

A model showing how players shift between Persecutor, Rescuer, and Victim roles in games

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A conflict resolution model

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A triangular seating arrangement in group therapy

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A three-person family system

Question 4

In the Drama Triangle, what characterizes the 'Rescuer' role?

Accepted Answer

Appearing to help while actually maintaining the Victim's helplessness

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Aggressive attacks on others

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Passive suffering

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Neutral problem-solving

Question 5

What is the 'con' in Berne's game formula (Con + Gimmick → Response → Switch → Crossup → Payoff)?

Accepted Answer

The covert message or hook that initiates the game

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A confidence trick in the legal sense

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A conscious manipulation

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A social transaction

Question 6

What is the 'gimmick' in Berne's game formula?

Accepted Answer

The weakness or vulnerability in the respondent that allows the con to hook them

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A therapeutic tool

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A clever therapeutic technique

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An unusual transaction