CTA Time Structuring & Autonomy in TA 3

Question 1

Script decisions interfere most directly with which component of autonomy?

Accepted Answer

Spontaneity

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Intelligence

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Verbal communication

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Empathic capacity

Question 2

How does pastiming differ from intimacy in TA?

Accepted Answer

Pastiming is scripted social conversation; intimacy is authentic and unscripted

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Pastiming involves physical activity while intimacy is purely verbal

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Pastiming occurs only in groups while intimacy is always one-on-one

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Pastiming generates more strokes per exchange than intimacy does

Question 3

Which time structure carries the highest level of psychological risk according to TA theory?

Accepted Answer

Intimacy

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Rituals

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Activities

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Games

Question 4

In TA theory, achieving autonomy fundamentally requires releasing oneself from:

Accepted Answer

Script-based life decisions made in childhood

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All therapeutic relationships and dependencies

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The constant influence of the Parent ego state

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External social obligations and cultural expectations

Question 5

A person demonstrating full awareness in Berne's sense would most likely:

Accepted Answer

Experience the present moment directly without script distortion

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Have extensive intellectual knowledge of their personal history

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Be entirely free from all emotional reactions and feelings

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Maintain complete intellectual objectivity in all situations

Question 6

Clinicians using TA recognize that most everyday social interactions occur at which level of time structuring?

Accepted Answer

Pastimes and rituals

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Intimacy

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Games

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Activities

Question 7

The relationship between script and autonomy in TA is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Script is the primary obstacle to the development of autonomy

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Script supports autonomy by providing behavioral guidelines

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Script and autonomy are complementary and mutually reinforcing goals

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Autonomy develops from script awareness alone, not from script release