Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships- By Eric Berne

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Table of contents
PREFACE......3
INTRODUCTION......4
1 SOCIAL INTERCOURSE........4
2 THE STRUCTURING OF TIME.....5
PART I ANALYSIS OF GAMES......8
CHAPTER ONE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.........8
CHAPTER TWO T RANSACTIONAL A NALYSIS ............................................................................................................10
CHAPTER THREE P ROCEDURES AND R ITUALS .........................................................................................................14
CHAPTER FOUR P ASTIMES .......................................................................................................................................16
CHAPTER FIVE G AMES .............................................................................................................................................19
1 DEFINITION .......................................................................................................................................................19
2 A TYPICAL GAME ..............................................................................................................................................20
3 THE GENESIS OF GAMES.................................................................................................................................24
4 THE FUNCTION OF GAMES.............................................................................................................................25
5 THE CLASSIFICATION OF GAMES ..................................................................................................................26
PART II A THESAURUS OF GAMES........................................................................................................................28
I NTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................28
1 NOTATION ..........................................................................................................................................................28
2 COLLOQUIALISMS ............................................................................................................................................29
CHAPTER SIX L IFE G AMES .......................................................................................................................................30
1 ALCOHOLIC .......................................................................................................................................................30
2 DEBTOR ..............................................................................................................................................................33
3 KICK ME .............................................................................................................................................................34
4 NOW I'VE GOT YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH..................................................................................................35
5 SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO ........................................................................................................................36
CHAPTER SEVEN M ARITAL G AME ...........................................................................................................................39
1 CORNER..............................................................................................................................................................39
2 COURTROOM.....................................................................................................................................................40
3 FRIGID WOMAN ................................................................................................................................................41
4 HARRIED ............................................................................................................................................................43
5 IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU ..................................................................................................................................44
6 LOOK HOW HARD I'VE TRIED.........................................................................................................................45
7 SWEETHEART ....................................................................................................................................................46
CHAPTER EIGHT P ARTY G AMES ..............................................................................................................................47
1 AIN'T IT AWFUL .................................................................................................................................................47
2 BLEMISH.............................................................................................................................................................48
3 SCHLEMIEL........................................................................................................................................................48
4 WHY DON'T YOU-YES BUT ...............................................................................................................................49
CHAPTER NINE S EXUAL G AMES ..............................................................................................................................54
1 LET'S YOU AND HIM FIGHT ............................................................................................................................54
12 PERVERSION......................................................................................................................................................54
3 RAPO ...................................................................................................................................................................55
4 THE STOCKING GAME .....................................................................................................................................56
5 UPROAR..............................................................................................................................................................57
CHAPTER TEN U NDERWORLD G AMES ......................................................................................................................59
1 COPS AND ROBBERS ........................................................................................................................................59
2 HOW DO YOU GET OUT OF HERE..................................................................................................................61
3 LET'S PULL A FAST ONE ON JOEY..................................................................................................................62
CHAPTER ELEVEN C ONSULTING R OOM G AMES ......................................................................................................63
1 GREENHOUSE ...................................................................................................................................................63
2 I'M ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU ....................................................................................................................63
3 INDIGENCE ........................................................................................................................................................65
4 PEASANT.............................................................................................................................................................67
5 PSYCHIATRY ......................................................................................................................................................68
6 STUPID ...............................................................................................................................................................70
7 WOODEN LEG....................................................................................................................................................71
CHAPTER TWELVE G OOD G AMES ...........................................................................................................................73
1 BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY.........................................................................................................................................73
2 CAVALIER...........................................................................................................................................................73
3 HAPPY TO HELP................................................................................................................................................74
4 HOMELY SAGE...................................................................................................................................................75
5 THEY'LL BE GLAD THEY KNEW ME................................................................................................................75
PART III BEYOND GAMES........................................................................................................................................76
CHAPTER THIRTEEN T HE S IGNIFICANCE OF G AMES ...............................................................................................76
CHAPTER FOURTEEN T HE P LAYERS .......................................................................................................................76
CHAPTER FIFTEEN A P ARADIGM ............................................................................................................................77
CHAPTER SIXTEEN A UTONOMY ..............................................................................................................................78
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN T HE A TTAINMENT OF A UTONOMY .....................................................................................80
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A FTER G AMES , W HAT ?.........................................................................................................81
APPENDIX .....................................................................................................................................................................81
THE C LASSIFICATION OF B EHAVIOR .............................................................................................................................81