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Beneath the Mask: An Introduction to Theories of Personality
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.2
EAN: 9780471724124
Edition: 8
ISBN: 0471724122
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 640
Publication Date: January 22, 2008
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Beneath the Mask presents classical theories of human nature while emphasizing the theorist's progression of ideas. The eighth edition continues to discuss the ideas of personality theorists developmentally. This account of personality theory incorporates the personal origins of ideas to highlight the links between the psychology of each theorist and that theorist's own psychology of persons. It also explores how the personal histories, conflicts, and intentions of the theorist entered that thinker's portrait of people.
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Rating:  - Beneath the Mask
This book is excellent. It is very well written and provides interesting and exciting information. I have really enjoyed learning how the theories that we work from today come from the theorists own life expereinces. It is fascinating. I highly reccommend this book for those who really want to understand what is behind a theory and know the person behind the theory.
Rating: - "All the world is a stage..."
I have likened most psychology and counseling texts as being about as exciting to read as a Chilton's car repair manual.
Human beings are such wonderfully complex and fascinating of all of creation; so much so that one would think that the study thereof would be more engrossing and absorbing than what it actually is (in the classroom, that is).
Enter "Behind The Mask," one of the most thorough, comprehensive and insightful books I have ever read on human nature. Unlike many ... Read More
Rating: - Absorbing and insightful
This updated book contains some of the most absorbing and insightful summaries of personality theories I have read. The section on Erikson epitomizes his work in a way I have not seen elsewhere. The chapter on Maslow is a balanced view of the strengths and limitations of his theory. The chapter on evolutionary psychology is a clear summary and introduction to this field.
Rating: - an excellent and readable text
This text is the most readable on this topic. It draws one in to a deeper understanding of the different theories. It is a real improvement on the earlier edition, which also was very good.
Rating: - The best written psychology textbook ever, period?
It has been thirteen years since I had to buy the Third Edition of Beneath the Mask for a theory of personality class in psychology graduate school in 1987. The book is now apparently in the Sixth Edition. And it is the only textbook I have ever kept over the years.
Usually textbooks are so dry. We hate them. They are poorly written in most cases, since they are written usually by dry experts and academicians in the field than by individuals whose strengths were in writing. We pine as students ... Read More
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