psychology" books. As of 1965, there has been eight additional printings after its initial run of 3,000, and a total of 83,000 copies had been published. In a Time magazine article titled "The Names of the Games," speculated that the book's popularity was due to its ts applications for both self help and "cocktail party talk." Carol M. Taylor, in the Florida Communication Journal, noted that many concepts and terms from transactional analysis had made their way into everyday speech. The book was republished as an audiobook in 2012. Critical reception Despite its popularity among lay readership, Berne's model of interpersonal relationships received criticism from academics. A 1974 article by Roger W. Hite in Speech Teacher noted that although its theoretical basis had inspired numerous subsequent publications, there was little research or scientific support for it. Ben L. Glancy in a review for Quarterly Journal of Speech described Berne's work as "parlor psychiatry and party-time psychoanalysis." He wrote that the book oversimplified interpersonal relationships and was "antithetical" to contemporary psychological research. Some scholars, including proponents of transactional analysis, have expressed concern over the popularization of oversimplified psychological concepts as self help methods. Peter Hartley's Interpersonal Communication noted the relative lack of academic review and interest in popular mental healthcare as opposed to physical healthcare in his overview of transactional analysis. See also I'm OK – You're OK References External links Official website Popular psychology books Transactional analysis Self-help books Popular psychology 1964 non-fiction books Books about game theory Books about games Play (activity) 1964 neologisms