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Mind games (also power games or head games) are actions performed for reasons of psychological one-upmanship, often employing passive–aggressive behavior to specifically demoralize or dis-empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor look superior.[1] It also describes the unconscious games played by people engaged in ulterior transactions of which they are not fully aware, and which transactional analysis considers to form a central element of social life all over the world.[2]
The first known use of the term "mind game" dates from 1963,[3] and "head game" from 1977.[4]
- ^ Gita Mammen, After Abuse (2006) p. 29
- ^ Berne (1966), p. 45.
- ^ "Mind game". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Head game". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2020-04-03.