This text and outline coverage of Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Psychol
ogy, and their application to General Semantics and writing represented
part of the 1973 Teaching Methodology and Concepts Committee report.
At that time, the work seemed to be extremely unique. Presently, much
communication research draws on these areas. Because these ideas. have yet
to be researched completely and integrated fully, they are included as
research issues for ABCA members. Sentence outlines of Transactional
Analysis and Gestalt Psychology precede an attempt to interrelate the two
areas to General Semantics and writing.
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