Personality Development

Personality Development 2(1+1)

Lesson 10 : Personality Structures - Berne

Personality Structures

Eric Berne who devised the procedure of psychotherapy called “transactional analysis” describes three ego states in an individual. An individual’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are analyzed using the three different ego states.The three states are

1. Child ego state
2. Adult ego state
3. Parent ego state

These three are called “structure of personality” by Berne.