The Games People Play
by Eric Berne
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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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Game theory, Interpersonal relations, Social interaction, Transactional analysis, Social Psychology, Interacción social, Psihoterapija, Social role, Sociale relaties, Psychologische aspecten, Transactionele analyse, Journalists, fiction, Balkan peninsula, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, political, Psychology, Interaction social, games, relationships, communication, interaction, personality, neurosis, intimacy, psychotherapy, Interpersonal relationships, Psychological aspects, Manners and customsPeople
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Games people play: the psychology of human relationships
2004, Ballantine Books
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Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis.
August 27, 1996, Ballantine Books
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The Games People Play
June 12, 1981, Ballantine Books
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The Games People Play
August 12, 1979, Ballantine Books
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Games People Play.
Jan 15, 1967, Ballantine Books, Grove Press
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Games people play: the psychology of human relationships
1967, Grove
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"OBSERVATION of spontaneous social activity, most productively carried out in certain kinds of psychotherapy groups, reveals that from time to time people show noticeable changes in posture, viewpoint, voice, vocabulary, and other aspects of behavior."
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"OBSERVATION of spontaneous social activity, most productively carried out in certain kinds of psychotherapy groups, reveals that from time to time people show noticeable changes in posture, viewpoint, voice, vocabulary, and other aspects of behavior."
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