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Abstract
The development of the ego state paradigm (Berne, 1947/1968, 1957b/1977) marked the birth of transactional analysis. In this article, Berne's (1961, 1963) four principles of diagnosis are the basis of a schema that highlights the underlying unity of his definitions, diagrams, and case studies of ego states. Using Kuhn's (1970) approach to science, an analysis of Berne's cowpoke story (1957a/1977, 1957b/1977, 1961, 1963), and textual criticism of Bernian literature, the basics of ego state theory are schematized into four paradigms that give methodological consistency to structural analysis and help to classify ego state diagrams.
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Pearl A. Drego
Pearl Drego is a Training and Supervising Transactional Analyst of the ITAA and a Clinical Teaching Member of the TA Society of India (TASI) and the Western Pacific Association of Transactional Analysis. She holds an M.A. in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Bombay. She has served on the Board of Certification and chaired the ITAA's Social Action Committee. Pearl is a founding member of TASI and is currently Vice-President (Ethics). She is founder Director of TAC ET (Transactional Analytic Centre for Education, Research, and Training), New Delhi.