<Ul> <Li> Parent ("exteropsyche"): a state in which people behave, feel, and think in response to an unconscious mimicking of how their parents (or other parental figures) acted, or how they interpreted their parent's actions . For example, a person may shout at someone out of frustration because they learned from an influential figure in childhood the lesson that this seemed to be a way of relating that worked . </Li> <Li> Adult ("neopsyche"): a state of the ego which is most like an artificially intelligent system processing information and making predictions about major emotions that could affect its operation . Learning to strengthen the Adult is a goal of TA . While a person is in the Adult ego state, he / she is directed towards an objective appraisal of reality . </Li> <Li> Child ("archaeopsyche"): a state in which people behave, feel, and think similarly to how they did in childhood . For example, a person who receives a poor evaluation at work may respond by looking at the floor and crying or pouting, as when scolded as a child . Conversely, a person who receives a good evaluation may respond with a broad smile and a joyful gesture of thanks . The Child is the source of emotions, creation, recreation, spontaneity, and intimacy . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Parent ("exteropsyche"): a state in which people behave, feel, and think in response to an unconscious mimicking of how their parents (or other parental figures) acted, or how they interpreted their parent's actions . For example, a person may shout at someone out of frustration because they learned from an influential figure in childhood the lesson that this seemed to be a way of relating that worked . </Li> <Li> Adult ("neopsyche"): a state of the ego which is most like an artificially intelligent system processing information and making predictions about major emotions that could affect its operation . Learning to strengthen the Adult is a goal of TA . While a person is in the Adult ego state, he / she is directed towards an objective appraisal of reality . </Li> <Li> Child ("archaeopsyche"): a state in which people behave, feel, and think similarly to how they did in childhood . For example, a person who receives a poor evaluation at work may respond by looking at the floor and crying or pouting, as when scolded as a child . Conversely, a person who receives a good evaluation may respond with a broad smile and a joyful gesture of thanks . The Child is the source of emotions, creation, recreation, spontaneity, and intimacy . </Li>

In ta the ego state that functions more like a computer is the