Eric
Berne
Games
People Play
The psychology
of human relationships
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
S
TRUCTURAL
A
NALYSIS
.....................................................................................................................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
