Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships (Penguin Life)

This book provided me with a better understanding of social dynamics and why and how that happens. This will probably help me in future social interactions. It’s short and easy to understand, despite the fact that it is a bit technical. I’d like to mention that this is very useful to me even if I’m not a psychologist/therapist

Great concepts, though it risks oversimplifying things a little. Still, an essential classic IMHO for providing a unique perspective even if I only agree with it about 70%.

By the end, I kept finding myself wanting a complete encyclopedia of all the possible types of interactions. Fun book, and the fact it hails from 40+ years ago, doesn't detract in the least. Worth the money, especially if you don't have much of a psychology background as I didn't.

I think some of the terminology is not very well explained, but it's an interesting read. I like watching people at work and thinking about the "game" they are playing. Some of the "games" are outdated, but the idea that some conversations have more than meets the ear is correct. The book is more of a guide to identifying "games," than the definitive source.

Eric Berne, a psychiatrist from Sacramento, CA, wrote this at the height of the humanist movement in psychiatry. I studied it and attended some of his lectures, (discussions, mostly), during the early 1970’s. Although it is light and seemingly more popularly written than a serious psychiatric paper, it is still useable all these years later.Bernes’ descriptions of the psychological games people still holds true today. My granddaughter found it a revelation and a confirmation of many of her suspicions about how people deal with one another.She has since used it to solve social problems in her own world.Eric would be proud.

This, as far as I know, is the seminal work on the subject of transactional analysis. It was followed a few years later by Thomas Harris' I'm OK, You're OK.This is an extremely valuable book, as is Harris' book. Together, they form the basis of an effective study of transactional analysis, the science of personal interaction. This not an academic pursuit. It's an extremely basic skill of getting along effectively with other people, be that in the family, among friends, or at work.

This book is very dated and difficult to understand. Mead presents the basics of Transactional Analysis but the examples of the games are confusing and relates to a different era. I was very disappointed.

Who would have thought there was a greater dynamic to greeting others with a simple 'Hi' and being clumsy is just another game people play. Women too have their own little games to ensnare a guy or get 'entertainment' by tricking him and watch him get beaten up. Many good examples, just wish there were more. A short and easy read that opened my eyes and explained there was more to everyday interactions than meets the eye.