Eric Berne in which the personality Is arbitrarily divided into three parts: parent, adult, and child. A shorthand, rhythmic explanation is that the "parent" part Is concerned with what you were taught; the "adult" with thought; the "child" with felt. TA is a concrete system for looking at oneself. It is widely used in therapy and business to help people clarify their thinking and feelings, and then change their behavior. He confessed that he had slept during the processes so he had no recollection of them. (Recall that the trainer claims all you have to do is be at the training -- awake or asleep -- and the rest just happens.) While Jack and I talked the other two men listened and watched, saying nothing. But when he began to speak about the Danger Process, their attention picked up. It was the one process the prisoners I talked with had consistently responded to. "I got up on the platform," Jack began, "and looked at the rest of the prisoners and I saw that everybody in that audience was really scared.