Frame of reference and the script Transactional Analysis

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorIlahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Frame of reference and the script

• What is the relationship

between the script and

the frame of reference?

The answer is that the

script forms part of the

frame of reference.

Frame of reference and the script

• The frame of reference in

total is made up of a

large number of

definitions. Some of

these definitions will

entail discounts, while

others will not.

Frame of reference and the script

• The script consists of all

the definitions in the

frame of reference

which entails discounts.

Frame of reference and the script

• When I get into script, I

am ignoring the features

of the here and now

situation which would be

relevant to the solution

of a problem. I am

discounting.

Frame of reference and the script

• In doing so, I am

replaying outdated

definitions of myself,

others and the world

which include these

discounts.

Frame of reference and the script

• For instance, as a child I

may have received

messages from my

parents telling me I was

not able to think.

Frame of reference and the script

• Now suppose that as a

grown up, I am about to

take an examination. If I get

into script at this point, I

begin internally replaying

the old parental definition

of myself that says : “You

cant think”.

Frame of reference and the script

• Agreeing with this in my

child ego state, I accept

the discount of my own

thinking ability. I begin to

feel inadequate and

confused.

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