CTA Ego States Analysis 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 'exclusion' in ego state theory?
- Refusing to give strokes
- When one ego state chronically blocks others from being expressed (Correct answer)
- A type of crossed transaction
- A script decision
Correct answer: When one ego state chronically blocks others from being expressed
Exclusion occurs when one ego state chronically dominates and blocks the expression of other ego states.
Question 2: Which ego state is activated when a person re-experiences childhood feelings, thoughts, and behaviors?
- Parent
- Adult
- Child (Correct answer)
- Nurturing Parent
Correct answer: Child
The Child ego state is activated when a person re-experiences feelings, thoughts, and behaviors from childhood.
Question 3: What is the 'Free Child' in transactional analysis?
- A child who has no script
- The natural, spontaneous, and uninhibited aspect of the Child ego state (Correct answer)
- A child raised without restrictions
- A technique for liberating the Child ego state
Correct answer: The natural, spontaneous, and uninhibited aspect of the Child ego state
The Free Child represents the natural, spontaneous, creative, and uninhibited aspect of the Child ego state before socialization.
Question 4: In TA, what does the 'Adapted Child' ego state represent?
- A healthy adjustment to social norms
- The child's learned responses to parental and environmental demands (Correct answer)
- A therapeutic goal
- The Child's creative impulses
Correct answer: The child's learned responses to parental and environmental demands
The Adapted Child represents behaviors and responses the child learned to adapt to parental expectations and environmental demands.
Question 5: How does 'decontamination' help clients in TA therapy?
- It removes all Parent and Child influence
- It clarifies Adult ego state functioning by distinguishing it from Parent and Child intrusions (Correct answer)
- It eliminates script beliefs entirely
- It strengthens the Free Child
Correct answer: It clarifies Adult ego state functioning by distinguishing it from Parent and Child intrusions
Decontamination helps clients distinguish their current Adult thinking from distorted beliefs and feelings from the Parent or Child ego states.
Question 6: What behavioral cues might indicate a client is operating from the Critical Parent ego state?
- Playful laughter and spontaneity
- Furrowed brow, pointing finger, and judgmental tone (Correct answer)
- Calm, measured problem-solving
- Slumped posture and tearfulness
Correct answer: Furrowed brow, pointing finger, and judgmental tone
The Critical Parent is often observable through nonverbal cues like furrowed brows, pointing fingers, and a judgmental, authoritative tone.
CTA Ego States Analysis 2
What is 'exclusion' in ego state theory?