Constancy Hypothesis

Prepared By Manu Melwin JoyResearch Scholar

School of Management StudiesCUSAT, Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

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Constancy Hypothesis

• Jack Dusay suggested a constancy hypothesis.

“ When one ego state increases in intensity,

another or others must decrease in order to

compensate. The shift in psychic energy occurs

so that the total amount of energy may remain

constant.”

Constancy Hypothesis

• The best way to change my

ego gram, says Dusay, is to

set about raising the part I

want to have more of.

• When I do so, energy will

automatically shift out of

other parts I want to have

relatively less of.

Constancy Hypothesis• Suppose I look at my ego gram and

decide I would like to be more in

Nurturing Parent and less in

Controlling Parent, I begin

practicing more in Nurturing

Parent Behaviors.

• Perhaps I offer someone a back

rub once each day or at work I

experiment with making open

offers of guidance instead of

ordering people to do things.

Constancy Hypothesis• I don’t make any attempt

to cut down my Controlling

Parent behavior.

• By the constancy

Hypothesis, I can expect

this will go down anyway

as I put more energy into

Nurturing Parent.

Activity

• Is there anything you

want to change about

your ego gram?

• If there is, decide which

bar you need to raise to

achieve this change.

Activity

• List at least five new

behaviors which you can

practice to increase this

ego state part.

• Make a point of doing

these behaviors in the

week following.

Activity

• Then re-draw your ego

gram

• If possible, get a re-

drawn ego gram from the

person who knows you

well.

• Does your new ego gram

fit constancy hypothesis

Thank You

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