An internal stroke is a unit of self-recognition or self-attention that provides stimulation to an individual through fantasies, self-praise, or other forms of self-stimulation according to Transactional Analysis theory. The document was prepared by Manu Melwin Joy, Assistant Professor at Ilahia School of Management Studies in Kerala, India, and defines an internal stroke as a unit of recognition citing Berne (1971) and describes it as a unit of attention that provides stimulation to an individual according to Woollams and Brown (1978).

1. Internal strokes
Transactional Analysis

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant Professor
Ilahia School of Management Studies
Kerala, India.
Phone – 9744551114
Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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3. A stroke is defined as a unit of recognition.
(Berne 1971)

4. “A stroke is a unit of attention which provides
stimulation to an individual”.
(Woollams and Brown: Transactional Analysis 1978)

5. Internal strokes
• Internal strokes
include fantasies,
self praise, and
other forms of self
stimulation.

6. References

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