2OP337 Psychology in Organizations Kamila Matysová Psychology and Psychodynamic Approaches Psychology ᴪ Psychology is a social science exploring human cognition, emotions and behavior. Practical Fields of Application Theoretical Fields Developmental ᴪ Educational ᴪ General ᴪ Abnormal ᴪ Psychopatology Social ᴪ Counselling ᴪ Managerial ᴪ Organizational Clinical ᴪ Forensic ᴪ 2 Who is who? • • • • • • Psychologist Clinical psychologist Psychiatrist Psychotherapist Counsellor Coach 3 Psychological Schools • Psychological Approaches • All schools have – Structure of personality – Concept of development – Personal typology – Theory of pathology – Concept of therapy or counselling • Do you know any psychological schools? 4 Psychological schools • Psychodynamic approaches (Depth ᴪ) – S. Freud – C. G. Jung – Eric Berne – S. H. Foulkes psychoanalysis analytical psychology transactional analysis group analysis • C. Rogers, A. Maslow humanistic psychology, PCA • Thorndike, Skinner, Pavlov, Watson behaviorism, CBT 5 Behaviorism (J. B. Watson) „Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchantchief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.“ 6 ᴪ School Transactional Analysis Jungian Analysis (Analytical ᴪ) Application Clinical, organizational, educational and counselling Clinical and Counselling Structure of personality Ego-states Parental, child, adult Complexes and archetypes Parental, Ego Shadow, Persona, Contra-sexual etc. Personality Types (Typology) Therapeutic or Counselling Techniques Creative Daydreamer Brilliant Sceptics MBTI, GPOP Introverted Intuition type Extraverted Thinking type Script interpretation (favorite story) Dreams interpretation Active imagination 7 Transactional Analysis • Eric Berne (1910 – 1970) • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst • Simple language: – Parent, child, adult etc. – American slang • Games people play (bestseller) • Associations: IATA, EATA, CATA • Wide range of applications: – TA-P (psychotherapy), TA-E (education), – TA-O (Organizations), TA-C (counselling), – In the future advocates and mediators 8 Egostates Parent (external psyche): thoughts, feelings and behavior belonging to external relational figures from the past (parents, grandparents, teachers, educators, older siblings etc.) Adult (new psyche): thoughts, feelings and behavior related to here and now situation. Child (archaic psyche): thought, feelings and behavior related to the past in the early childhood. 9 Structural Model (Development) Mother Childhood Father Adulthood Magic Parent Little Professor Somatic Child 10 Functional Model (Communication) Critical Parent Nurturing Parent Adult Adapted Child (Compliant AC) Rebellious Child (Negatively AC) Free Child 11 Transactions The unit of social intercourse is called a transaction. If two or more people encounter each other … sooner or later one of them will speak, or give some indication of acknowledging the presence of the others. This is called the transactional stimulus. Another person will then say or do something which is in some way related to the stimulus and that is called the transactional response. 12 Transactions • Parallel (complementary) transactions • Crossed transactions • Ulterior (hidden) transactions 13 1. CR: Complementary transactions CP NP CP A A AC NP FC AC FC 14 2. CR: Crossed transactions CP NP CP A A AC NP FC AC FC 15 2. CR: Crossed transactions CP NP CP A A AC NP FC AC FC 16 3. CR Hidden Transactions CP NP CP A A AC NP FC AC FC 17 Karpman‘s Drama Tringle Good Guy Good Policeman Good Cop Bad Guy Bad Policeman Bad Cop ? 18 Persecutor Rescuer NP CP RACH CACH Victim 19 Why don‘t you … – Yes, but … • How can I get my budget estimates out by this Thursday? • Ask young Jones to help. • Yes, but he doesn‘t really have the experience. • Ask the boss for more time. • Yes, but he‘s already said its got to be Thursday. • Well, do it at home • Yes, but the children make it impossible to concentrate. 20 Jane is known as a really caring person who takes on other people‘s hurts. She is approached by Sally who tells her all about Alice being nasty to her. Alice is seen as a high flyer, and has just been appointed as a project leader. Sally went to the post as well but did not get it. On hearing Sally‘s story Jane becomes concerned. She has known her for a long time. She decides to go to see Alice to see if she can support Sally. Alice is very annoyed with Jane, she has no idea what she is talking about and was not even in the office on the day in question. It appears to her that Sally is trying to set people against her. 21 Winners‘ triangle (A. Choy) Proactive (A) replaces Persecutor (CP) Structure Rules Information Voicing/Vulnerable (A) replaces Victim (AC) Asks for missing information Expresses emotions and needs Responsible (A) replaces Rescuer (NP) Support (listening) Agreed help I am O.K. You are O.K. Here and now thoughts, emotions, feelings 22 Adult Communication -CP Dominating Smothering -NP NP CP + NP + CP Structuring Supporting Reflecting Cooperative + AC -AC Rebellious Compliant (over-adapted) Spontaneous A AC FC + FC Immature -FC Author: K. Matysová 23 Tips and tricks for the test • In functional model parent ego state is composed of A. B. C. D. Critical parent and Pig parent Nurturing parent and Little professor Critical and Nurturing parent Pig parent and Little professor 24 Tips and tricks for the test • In structural model parent ego state is composed of A. B. C. D. Pig parent, Little Professor, Somatic Child Parental figures Critical and Nurturing parent Pig parent and Little professor 25 Tips and tricks for the test • Who developed analytical psychology? A. B. C. D. S. Freud C. G. Jung E. Berne A. Maslow 26 Thank you for your attention!