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title: "transactional analysis"
description: "The analysis of transactions between people and within people's minds;  a transaction is defined as a stimulus plus a response. Transactions take place between people and between the ego states (personality segments) within one person's mind."
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term_id: 611
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# transactional analysis

The analysis of transactions between people and within people's minds;  a transaction is defined as a stimulus plus a response. Transactions take place between people and between the ego states (personality segments) within one person's mind.

## Present in syllabi


- Expert Improving the Test Process 2011

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/transaktionsanalyse/) — Transaktionsanalyse
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/analisi-transazionali/) — analisi transazionali
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E4%BA%A4%E6%B5%81%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90-transactional-analysis/) — 交流分析（transactional analysis）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/analise-transacional/) — análise transacional
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/analiza-transakcyjna/) — analiza transakcyjna
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/analise-transacional/) — análise transacional
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/transakcni-analyza/) — transakční analýza
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/transaktionsanalys/) — transaktionsanalys
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/tranzakcio-analizis/) — tranzakció analízis
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/transaksjonsanalyse/) — transaksjonsanalyse

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