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message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mind games</b> (also <b>power games</b> or <b>head games</b>) are actions performed for reasons of psychological <a href="/wiki/One-upmanship" class="mw-redirect" title="One-upmanship">one-upmanship</a>, often employing <a href="/wiki/Passive%E2%80%93aggressive_behavior" class="mw-redirect" title="Passive–aggressive behavior">passive–aggressive behavior</a> to specifically demoralize or dis-empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor look superior.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also describes the <a href="/wiki/Unconsciousness" title="Unconsciousness">unconscious</a> games played by people engaged in ulterior transactions of which they are not fully aware, and which <a href="/wiki/Transactional_analysis" title="Transactional analysis">transactional analysis</a> considers to form a central element of social life all over the world.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196645_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne196645-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first known use of the term "mind game" dates from 1963,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "head game" from 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conscious_one-upmanship">Conscious one-upmanship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mind_games&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Conscious one-upmanship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In intimate relationships, mind games can be used to <a href="/wiki/Gaslighting" title="Gaslighting">undermine one partner's belief in the validity of their own perceptions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Personal experience may be denied and driven from memory,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and such abusive mind games may extend to the <a href="/wiki/Denial" title="Denial">denial</a> of the victim's reality, <a href="/wiki/Social_undermining" title="Social undermining">social undermining</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Minimisation_(psychology)" title="Minimisation (psychology)">downplaying</a> the importance of the other partner's concerns or perceptions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both sexes have equal opportunities for such verbal coercion<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which may be carried out unconsciously as a result of the need to maintain one's own self-deception.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mind games in the struggle for prestige<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> appear in everyday life in the fields of <a href="/wiki/Office_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Office politics">office politics</a>, sport, and relationships. Office mind games are often hard to identify clearly, as strong management blurs with over-direction, and healthy rivalry with manipulative head games and sabotage.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wary salesman will be consciously and unconsciously prepared to meet a variety of challenging mind games and put-downs in the course of their work.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The serious sportsman will also be prepared to meet a variety of gambits and head games from their rivals, attempting to tread the fine line between competitive psychology and <a href="/wiki/Paranoia" title="Paranoia">paranoia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unconscious_games">Unconscious games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mind_games&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unconscious games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Eric_Berne" title="Eric Berne">Eric Berne</a> described a <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychological</a> game as an organized series of ulterior transactions taking place on twin levels: social and psychological, and resulting in a dramatic outcome when the two levels finally came to coincide.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He described the opening of a typical game like <a href="/wiki/Flirtation" class="mw-redirect" title="Flirtation">flirtation</a> as follows: "Cowboy: 'Come and see the barn'. Visitor: 'I've loved barns ever since I was a little girl'".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196632_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne196632-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the social level a conversation about barns, at the psychological level one about sex play, the outcome of the game – which may be comic or tragic, heavy or light – will become apparent when a <a href="/wiki/Karpman_Drama_Triangle" class="mw-redirect" title="Karpman Drama Triangle">switch</a> takes place and the ulterior motives of each become clear. </p><p>Between thirty and forty such games (as well as variations of each) were described and tabulated in Berne's best seller on the subject titled "<a href="/wiki/Games_People_Play_(book)" title="Games People Play (book)">Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196664–147_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne196664–147-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to one transactional analyst, "Games are so predominant and deep-rooted in society that they tend to become institutionalized, that is, played according to rules that everybody knows about and more or less agrees to. The game of Alcoholic, a five-handed game, illustrates this...so popular that social institutions have developed to bring the various players together"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as <a href="/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous" title="Alcoholics Anonymous">Alcoholics Anonymous</a> and <a href="/wiki/ALANON" class="mw-redirect" title="ALANON">Al-anon</a>. </p><p>Psychological games vary widely in degrees of consequence, ranging from first-degree games where losing involves embarrassment or frustration, to third-degree games where consequences are life-threatening.<sup id="cite_ref-Rapo_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Berne recognized however that "since by definition games are based on ulterior transactions, they must all have some element of exploitation",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne1966143_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne1966143-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the therapeutic ideal he offered was to stop playing games altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne1970223_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne1970223-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mind_games&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196645_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerne1966">Berne (1966)</a>, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind+game">"Mind game"</a>. <i>Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary</i>. Merriam-Webster<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-04-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Merriam-Webster.com+Dictionary&rft.atitle=Mind+game&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fmind%2Bgame&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head+game">"Head game"</a>. <i>Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary</i>. Merriam-Webster<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-04-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Merriam-Webster.com+Dictionary&rft.atitle=Head+game&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fhead%2Bgame&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kathleen J, Ferraro, <i>Neither Angels nor Demons</i> (2006) p. 82</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/R._D._Laing" title="R. D. Laing">R. D. Laing</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Politics_of_Experience_and_The_Bird_of_Paradise" title="The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise">The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise</a></i> (Penguin 1984) p. 31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Laurie Maguire, <i>Where there's a Will there's a Way</i> (London 2007) p. 76</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kate Fillion, <i>Lip Service</i> (London 1997) p. 244</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R. D. Laing, <i>Self and Others</i> (Penguin 1969) p. 143</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jacques Lacan, <i>Ecrits: A Selection</i> (London 1997) p. 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A-M Quigg, <i>Bullying in the Arts</i> (2011) p. 201</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">David P. Snyder, <i>How to Mind-Read your Customers</i> (2001) p. 59</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. P. Sands, <i>The Psychology of Gamesmanship</i> (2010) p. 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John McCleod, <i>An Introduction to Counselling</i> (2009) p. 255–6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne196632-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196632_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerne1966">Berne (1966)</a>, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne196664–147-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne196664–147_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerne1966">Berne (1966)</a>, pp. 64–147.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Dusay1976" class="citation book cs1">John Dusay (1976). "Transactional Analysis". In Eric Berne (ed.). <i>A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis</i>. Penguin. pp. 309–310.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Transactional+Analysis&rft.btitle=A+Layman%27s+Guide+to+Psychiatry+and+Psychoanalysis&rft.pages=309-310&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=1976&rft.au=John+Dusay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rapo-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rapo_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEric_Berne" class="citation book cs1">Eric Berne. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ericberne.com/games-people-play/rapo/">"Rapo"</a>. <i>Games People Play</i> – via ericberne.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Rapo&rft.btitle=Games+People+Play&rft.au=Eric+Berne&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ericberne.com%2Fgames-people-play%2Frapo%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMind+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne1966143-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne1966143_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerne1966">Berne (1966)</a>, p. 143.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerne1970223-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerne1970223_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerne1970">Berne (1970)</a>, p. 223.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mind_games&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerne1966" class="citation book cs1">Berne, Eric (1966). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldcat.org/oclc/1244058516"><i>Games people play: the psychology of human relationships</i></a>. 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