Games People Play.
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Grove Press
Published: Jan 15, 1967
Language: eng
Format: mass market paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780345032799
Description: Eric Berne developed the technique of transactional analysis in group therapy, and here presents his findings to the general public in a witty and entertaining best-seller. He shows how people can achieve a new self-awareness by analyzing their behavior in terms of "games." People tend to live their lives by consistently playing out certain games in their interpersonal relationships. They play these games for a variety of reasons: to avoid confronting reality, to conceal ulterior motives, to rationalize their activities, or to avoid actual participation. These games--if they are not destructive--are both desirable and necessary, and here Dr. Berne offers an analysis of 36 common games, which he breaks down into seven major categories.--Adapted from publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Table of Figures
pagenum: 10; title: Preface
pagenum: 11; title: Introduction
pagenum: 13; label: Part I
title: Analysis of Games
pagenum: 23; label: 1
title: Structural Analysis
pagenum: 23; label: 2
title: Transactional Analysis
pagenum: 29; label: 3
title: Procedures and Rituals
pagenum: 35; label: 4
title: Pastimes
pagenum: 41; label: 5
title: Games
pagenum: 48; label: Part II
title: A Thesaurus of Games
pagenum: 67; title: Introduction
pagenum: 69; label: 6
title: Life Games
pagenum: 73; label: 1
title: Alcoholic
pagenum: 73; label: 2
title: Debtor
pagenum: 81; label: 3
title: Kick Me
pagenum: 84; label: 4
title: Now I've Got You, You Son of a Bitch
pagenum: 85; label: 5
title: See What You Made Me Do
pagenum: 88; label: 7
title: Marital Games
pagenum: 92; label: 1
title: Corner
pagenum: 92; label: 2
title: Courtroom
pagenum: 96; label: 3
title: Frigid Woman
pagenum: 98; label: 4
title: Harried
pagenum: 101; label: 5
title: If It Weren't for You
pagenum: 104; label: 6
title: Look How Hard I've Tried
pagenum: 105; label: 7
title: Sweetheart
pagenum: 108; label: 8
title: Party Games
pagenum: 110; label: 1
title: Ain't It Awful
pagenum: 110; label: 2
title: Blemish
pagenum: 112; label: 3
title: Schlemiel
pagenum: 114; label: 4
title: Why Don't You—Yes, But
pagenum: 116; label: 9
title: Sexual Games
pagenum: 123; label: 1
title: Let's You and Him Fight
pagenum: 124; label: 2
title: Perversion
pagenum: 124; label: 3
title: Rapo
pagenum: 126; label: 4
title: The Stocking Game
pagenum: 129; label: 5
title: Uproar
pagenum: 130; label: 10
title: Underworld Games
pagenum: 132; label: 1
title: Cops and Robbers
pagenum: 132; label: 2
title: How Do You Get Out of Here
pagenum: 137; label: 3
title: Let's Pull a Fast One on Joey
pagenum: 139; label: 11
title: Consulting Room Games
pagenum: 141; label: 1
title: Greenhouse
pagenum: 141; label: 2
title: I'm Only Trying to Help You
pagenum: 143; label: 3
title: Indigence
pagenum: 147; label: 4
title: Peasant
pagenum: 151; label: 5
title: Psychiatry
pagenum: 154; label: 6
title: Stupid
pagenum: 157; label: 7
title: Wooden Leg
pagenum: 159; label: 12
title: Good Games
pagenum: 163; label: 1
title: Busman's Holiday
pagenum: 164; label: 2
title: Cavalier
pagenum: 164; label: 3
title: Happy to Help
pagenum: 166; label: 4
title: Homely Sage
pagenum: 167; label: 5
title: They'll Be Glad They Knew Me
pagenum: 168; label: Part III
title: Beyond Games
pagenum: 169; label: 13
title: The Significance of Games
pagenum: 171; label: 14
title: The Players
pagenum: 173; label: 15
title: A Paradigm
pagenum: 175; label: 16
title: Autonomy
pagenum: 178; label: 17
title: The Attainment of Autonomy
pagenum: 182; label: 18
title: After Games, What?
pagenum: 184; label: Appendix
title: The Classification of Behavior
pagenum: 185; title: Index of Pastimes and Games
pagenum: 187; title: Author Index
pagenum: 189