Deck 8: Transactional Analysis

Question 1

Ego states in transactional analysis include:

A) parent state
B) adult state
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The ego state that contains all the attitudes, ideas, postures, gestures, habits, and reaction tendencies that were learned from parents, grandparents, older siblings, or other influential figures in the individual's life is:

A) parent ego state
B) adult ego state
C) child ego state
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The ego state that comprises the capacity to reason, evaluate situations, gather information, and store information for future reference is:

A) parent ego state
B) adult ego state
C) child ego state
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

This ego state contains impulses that come naturally to the infant.

A) parent ego state
B) adult ego state
C) child ego state
D) none of the above

Question 5

This child ego state is very young, impulsive, untrained, and expressive.

A) natural child
B) little professor
C) adapted child
D) none of the above

Question 6

This ego state refers to unschooled wisdom seen in children.

A) natural child
B) little professor
C) adapted child

Question 7

This ego state exhibits modifications of the natural child. Adaptations of the natural impulses occur in response to parental training and demands from significant authority figures.

A) natural child
B) little professor
C) adapted child
D) none of the above

Question 8

Feelings of inferiority or rebelliousness in the subordinate may mean that the ego state being observed in the manager is that of:

A) parent ego state
B) adult ego state
C) child ego state
D) none of the above

Question 9

When a manager's ego state is influenced by another ego state, that problem is referred to as:

A) contamination
B) isolation
C) a complementary transaction
D) a crossed transaction

Question 10

The complete blocking of an ego state is called:

A) contamination
B) isolation
C) a complementary transaction
D) a crossed transaction

Question 11

When both parties in the transaction respond from ego states that are appropriate to maintaining communication, it is called:

A) contamination
B) isolation
C) a complementary transaction
D) a crossed transaction

Question 12

When in response to an initiated transaction, a manager receives a response that is inconsistent with his or her expectations, it is called:

A) contamination
B) isolation
C) a complementary transaction
D) a crossed transaction

Question 13

A transaction that has two messages, one overt and the other covert, is called:

A) confused transaction
B) ulterior transaction
C) a complementary transaction
D) a crossed transaction

Question 14

In transactional analysis, both positive and negative sanctions are called:

A) rituals
B) past times
C) strokes
D) all of the above

Question 15

The term time structuring refers to using one of six ways to try to obtain strokes. Which of the

A) withdrawal
B) rituals
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 16

In most change approaches, the role of top management is singled out as the major force in the change process.

Question 17

Police agencies can use transactional analysis as a conceptual tool that can be used to develop insight into their own behavior.

Question 18

The parent ego tends to have no opinions or prejudices about religion, politics, traditions, sexual roles, lifestyles, roles of authority, proper dress, or manner of speech.

Question 19

The adult ego state does not have the capacity to reason, evaluate situations, gather information, or store information for future reference.

Question 20

In reference to ego states, contamination means that the adult ego state is contaminated by either the child or the parent ego state.