COMPLEMENTARY TRANSACTIONS
WHERE RESPONSES ORIGINATE FROM THE EGO STATE TO WHICH THE STIMULI WAS DIRECTED, AND ARE DIRECTED TO THE EGO STATE FROM WHICH THE STIMULI ORIGINATED
STIMULUS: “You can never trust one of those people.”
RESPONSE: “Exactly. Their kind are all alike.”
STIMULUS (Mrs. Smith): “You have a cold, you poor thing. Is there anything I can get you?”
RESPONSE (Mr. Smith): I don’t know. I just feel so rotten. Maybe you could fluff my pillow.”