Games people play

the psychology of human relationships

Paperback, 196 pages

English language

Published Sept. 15, 2004 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-41003-0
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Games People Play (1964) explores the fascinating and bizarre world of psychological games, where players unconsciously manipulate each other into acting in alienating and self-destructive ways.

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The book is divided into 2 major sections:

it begins with basic theory about transactional analysis (part which I found very very insightful and easy to read);
it continues with the transactional analysis of common day-to-day (manipulative) behaviors. While this part is also interesting, I found it less valuable for myself because of a higher degree of formalization (seems to be aimed at practitioners). It's still quite understandable, but I decided to skip it since I don't really care about that.

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Subjects

  • Interpersonal relations.
  • Social interaction.