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I. Theory

Imprinting: A Variable in Script Analysis

Pages 110-115
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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A variable in script analysis is prenatal, intrauterine imprinting in the cellular memory. As early as ever the first trimester of pregnancy, attitudes of the Parent, facts from the Adult, and feelings aroused in the Child of the mother convey nonverbal messages to the fetus.

At birth, level-two imprinting begins, and includes messages from the members of the medical team and from family and friends, by way of body language. When the child develops a vocabulary, the imprinting is reactivated by words that fit the cellular memories.

Ignoring the variable of prenatal imprinting can keep a person script-bound.

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Lois M. Johnson

Lois M. Johnson, MA, a Clinical Teaching Member, is a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Humanistic Psychology Association (Michigan), the Southwestern Michigan Psychologists Association, and the Southwestern Michigan Perinatal Surveillance Association. She teaches psychology at Lake Michigan College, and is director of Michigan Center, Inc.