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Beneath the Mask presents classic theories of human nature, much aseach theorist might if the theorist were to teach his or her ideasto people encountering them for the first time. Through atheorist-by-theorist approach, this Eighth Edition continues toexplore the ideas of personality theorists developmentally,incorporating the personal origins of ideas to illuminate linksbetween the psychology of each theorist and that theorist's ownpsychology of persons. Beneath the Mask presents the "sequence ofthinking" for more than 20 theorists and demonstrates how thethinking that led to major theories is nested in the lifeexperience of the theorists within the context of the surroundingculture. The authors emphasize each theorist's life history as thebasis for the ideas that constitute his or her theories, makingthem easier to understand as "pictures of human nature." John P. Wilson has revised the text in a manner that preservesand improves upon the best features of the late Robert N. Sollodand Christopher Monte's work.