Introduction - Frame of reference and redefiningTransactional Analysis

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorIlahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Introduction

• I have my way of

perceiving the

world. You have

your way, and it will

be different from

mine.

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• Suppose you and I

stand outside a

window and look at

the room within. We

report to each other

what we see.

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• I say : “ It is a fairly

small room. It is

square in shape. There

are people in it. The

carpet is green and the

curtains are brown.

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• You report: “ It is a family

scene. The whole

atmosphere is warm.

There is a mother, father

and two kids. They are

talking and laughing. It is

a big room, so they have

plenty of space.

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• Judging by these reports,

a listener may think you

and I were looking at two

completely different

rooms. But the room is

same. It is our perception

of it that is different.

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• Were we each to report

on what we were hearing,

feeling, smelling or tasting

as we looked into the

room, the chances are

that our reports of these

perceptions would differ

also.

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• You and I would

respond to that scene

in different ways. I

might feel nothing in

particular, and walk

away after viewing the

room for a few minutes.

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• You might feel happy,

knock on the window

and open a cover

station with the

people inside.

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• Thus, you and I differ

in how we perceive

the scene and how we

respond to it. Your

frame of reference is

different from mine.

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