Observation of spontaneous social activity, most productively carried out in certain kinds of psychotherapy groups, reveals that from time to time people show {{U}}(76) {{/U}} (notice) changes in posture, viewpoint, voice, vocabulary, and other aspects of behaviour. These behavioural changes are often {{U}}(77) {{/U}} (accompany) by shifts in feeling. In a given individual, a certain set of behavioural patterns corresponds to one state of mind, while another set is related to a different psychic attitude, often not {{U}}(78) {{/U}} (consist) with the first. These changes and differences give rise to the idea of ego states.
The position is, then, that at any {{U}}(79) {{/U}} (give) moment each individual in a social aggregation will exhibit a Parental, Adult or Child ego state, and that individuals can shift with varying degrees of {{U}}(80) {{/U}} (ready) from one ego state to another. These observations give rise to certain {{U}}(81) {{/U}} (diagnose) statements. "That is your Parent" means : "You are now in the same state of mind as one of your parents or a {{U}}(82) {{/U}} (parent) substitute used to be, and you are responding as he would, with the same posture, gestures, vocabulary, feelings, etc. " "That is your Adult" means: " You have just made an autonomous, objective {{U}}(83) {{/U}} (appraise) of the situation and are stating these thought-processes, or the problems you perceive, or the {{U}}(84) {{/U}} (conclude) you have come to in a non-prejudicial manner. "That is your Child" means: "The manner and intent of your {{U}}(85) {{/U}} (react) is the same as it would have been when you were a very little boy or girl. "