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Duplex or Covert transactions

March 12, 2009 by

Another class of transaction is the ‘duplex’ or ‘covert’ transactions, where the explicit social conversation occurs in parallel with an implicit psychological transaction. For instance, A:  “I need you to stay late at the office with me.” (Adult words) body language indicates sexual intent (flirtatious Child) B:  “Of course.”  (Adult response to Adult statement). winking [...]