Early theories : preformationism, Locke, and Rousseau
Gesell's maturational theory
Ethological theories : Darwin, Lorenz and Tinbergen, and Bowlby and Ainsworth
Montessori's educational philosophy
Werner's organismic and comparative theory
Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory
Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Learning theory : Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
Bandura's social learning theory
Vygotsky's social-historical theory of cognitive development
Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Erikson and the eight stages of life
Mahler's separation/individuation theory
A case study in psychoanalytic treatment : Bettelheim on autism
Schachtel on childhood experiences
Jung's theory of adulthood
Chomsky's theory of language development
Conclusion : humanistic psychology and developmental theory.
