Overview of theory in action. Theories include: cognitive, psychosexual, psychosocial, behaviorist, social learning, and sociocultural. Explains the concept of the "whole child" and shows how theories tend to focus on only part. Gives examples of how one theory can contradict another. 

Theorists include: Piaget, Freud, Erickson, Gesell, Skinner, Vygotsky.