Games People Play

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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