Did you know…? EATA Trivia series

To celebrate EATA’s 50th birthday, we’re continuing our “Did You Know?” trivia series — thanks for playing along! 🎉

Each post brings you a new multiple-choice question to test your knowledge of Transactional Analysis and its history. Make your guess, then scroll down to discover the correct answer and a short explanation 👇

👉 Ready for the next one?

In the 1960s, what was P1 sometimes called?

A) the cellar Parent
B) the underlying Parent
C) the downstairs Parent
D) the lower-level Parent

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➡️ Correct answer: C) the downstairs Parent!

In early Transactional Analysis terminology, P1 referred to the introjected Parent and was sometimes described metaphorically as the “downstairs Parent”.

👏 Did you get it right this time? Let’s keep going!