THE MINISCRIPT CHART
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Compliance (Inner
Feelings) |
Important Behavior |
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Physical |
Psychological:Internal Discount* |
Words |
Tones |
Gestures |
Posture |
Facial Expressions |
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| 1. Be perfect |
tense |
"you should do better |
"of course"
"obviously"
"efficacious"
"clearly"
"I think" |
clipped
righteous |
counting on fingers
cocked wrist
scratching head |
erect rigid |
stern |
| 2. Try hard |
tight stomach
tense shoulders |
"You've got to try harder" |
It's hard"
"I can't"
"I'll try"
I don't know" |
impatient |
clenched, moving fists |
sitting forward
elbows on legs |
slight frown
perplexed look |
| 3. Please me |
tight stomach |
"You're not good enough |
"you know"
"could you"
"can you"
"kinda" |
high whine |
hands |
head |
raised eyebrows
looks away |
| 4. Hurry up |
antsy |
"you'll never get it done" |
"we've got to hustle"
"let's go" |
up & down |
squirms
taps fingers |
move quickly |
frowning
eyes shifty |
| 5. Be strong |
numb
rigid |
"you can't let them know you're week" |
"no comment"
"I don't care" |
hard monotone |
hands rigid
arms folded |
rigid one leg over |
plastic
hard
cold |
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*Suggested by John Kesterson
Copyright © Taibi Kahler, all rights
reserved.
This chart was originally published in
The Miniscript,
Transactional Analysis Journal,
vol. 4, no. 1, January 1974, pp. 27-42.
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