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For the article "Masking (Personality)" I will be editing, I plan to add more general information and background knowledge on the concept of masking in psychology it self. I will give reasons why people tend to hide their true selves behind a "mask" and what forms these masks often come in. I will discuss how masking is even common in many children and add reasons in which people can remove these masks and feel as though they are free to display their own true personality and identity.

"Ancient Greek and Roman actors wore masks to emphasize that they were playing characters different from themselves This indicated a fascination with the true (unmasked) nature of the individual"

Shakespear: "All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely players"

Do people play parts in their everyday lives? Something is fixed beneath the surface.

Social philosophers considered the idea of a relative self that signifies there is no underlying self beneath an outward mask but that the "true" self is comprised of the mask portrayed.

Genuine facial expression tend to be more asymmetrical, longer in duration and less irregular in the speed of muscular contractions.

"The variation of facial patterns between genuine and masked emotions is caused by the activation of different action units. Action units refer to distinct, visual movements of certain facial muscles".

When people are displaying a masked smile, they typically do not activate their cheek raiser that causes wrinkles below their eyes.

There is not enough significant research to determine how well children can detect and interpret the difference between genuine facial expression of emotion and masking emotion.

A sign of masked anger in the form of a smile stimulates the activation of lip tightening.

Gosselin, Pierre, Martin Beaupre, and Annie Boissonneault. "Perception of Genuine and Masking Smiles in Children and Adults: Sensitivity to Traces of Anger." The Journal of Genetic Psychology 163.1 (2002): 58-71. ProQuest. Web. 14 Mar. 2018.

Underwood, Marion K. "Peer Social Status and Children's Understanding of the Expression and Control of Positive and Negative Emotions." Merrill - Palmer Quarterly 43.4 (1997): 610-34. ProQuest. Web. 1 Mar. 2018.

Andrews, Victoria, et al. "No Evidence for Subliminal Affective Priming with Emotional Facial Expression Primes." Motivation and Emotion 35.1 (2011): 33-43. ProQuest. Web. 1 Mar. 2018.

Sparks, Susan. “The Masks That We Wear.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, LLC, 20 Oct. 2015, www.pyschologytoday.com/blog/laugh-your-way-well…/the-masks-we-wear.

Hanson, Rick. “Who Is Behind the Mask.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, LLC, 17 Mar. 2011, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-wise-brain/…/who-is-behind-the-mask.

Hall, K. (2012). Wearing Masks. Psych Central. Retrieved on March 1, 2018, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/emotionally-sensitive/2012/01/wearing-masks/