CTA Strokes, Rackets & Stamp Collecting 2

Question 1

What is a 'racket feeling' in transactional analysis?

Accepted Answer

A substitute feeling that was permitted in childhood in place of the authentic emotion

Answer

A racket feeling is a substitute emotion that was encouraged or permitted in the family while authentic feelings were discounted, used to support script decisions.

Question 2

What is the 'racket system' in TA as described by Richard Erskine and Marilyn Zalcman?

Accepted Answer

An interlocking system of script beliefs, racket feelings, and reinforcing memories

Answer

The racket system, developed by Erskine and Zalcman, describes the self-reinforcing system of script beliefs, racket feelings, and reinforcing memories that maintain the script.

Question 3

What is 'stamp collecting' in TA?

Accepted Answer

The accumulation of stored bad feelings to be cashed in later for a major emotional expression

Answer

Stamp collecting in TA refers to storing up small bad feelings (racket feelings) over time and eventually cashing them in for a large emotional payoff, often a game payoff.

Question 4

What is a 'gold stamp' versus a 'brown stamp' in TA?

Accepted Answer

Gold stamps are stored positive feelings; brown stamps are stored negative feelings

Answer

Gold stamps represent stored positive feelings (like righteousness or pride) cashed in for a reward, while brown stamps are stored negative feelings cashed in for expressions like anger or depression.

Question 5

How does 'discounting' relate to racket feelings in TA?

Accepted Answer

Discounting authentic feelings leads to the substitution of racket feelings in their place

Answer

Discounting authentic feelings — minimizing, ignoring, or denying them — leads to the development of racket feelings as substitutes that were more acceptable in the family.

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CTA Strokes, Rackets & Stamp Collecting 2