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Time Structuring & Autonomy in TA Flashcards

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  1. Script decisions interfere most directly with which component of autonomy?

    Answer: Spontaneity

    Scripts restrict the range of responses available to a person, directly limiting spontaneity by constraining which ego states can be accessed freely.

  2. How does pastiming differ from intimacy in TA?

    Answer: Pastiming is scripted social conversation; intimacy is authentic and unscripted

    Pastimes involve predictable social exchanges without authentic self-disclosure, while intimacy requires genuine, game-free connection and vulnerability.

  3. Which time structure carries the highest level of psychological risk according to TA theory?

    Answer: Intimacy

    Intimacy is the most psychologically risky form of time structuring because it involves authentic, unguarded connection without scripts or games as protection.

  4. In TA theory, achieving autonomy fundamentally requires releasing oneself from:

    Answer: Script-based life decisions made in childhood

    Autonomy is achieved when a person can release the script decisions made in childhood that have been limiting their awareness, spontaneity, and intimacy.

  5. A person demonstrating full awareness in Berne's sense would most likely:

    Answer: Experience the present moment directly without script distortion

    Berne's awareness refers to perceiving reality directly and freshly, like a young child, without the filters imposed by script and social conditioning.

  6. Clinicians using TA recognize that most everyday social interactions occur at which level of time structuring?

    Answer: Pastimes and rituals

    The majority of ordinary social interactions consist of rituals and pastimes, which provide predictability and social structure without requiring deep psychological engagement.

  7. The relationship between script and autonomy in TA is best described as:

    Answer: Script is the primary obstacle to the development of autonomy

    In TA, scripts are unconscious life plans formed in childhood that constrain authentic living, making script release the necessary path to reclaiming autonomy.