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Born:  May 6, 1856
Died: September 23, 1939
Theory: In his clinical work with patients suffering from mental illness, Freud came to believe that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influenced behavior.
Impact: Freud believed that it was early experiences that played the greatest role in shaping development. According to Freud, personality is largely set in stone by the age of five.

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Born: August 31, 1870
Died: May 6, 1952
Theory:  An approach to classroom learning that emphasizes independence and choice.
Impact: This theory of teaching understands that children have an innate interest to learn and will be able to do so in a suitable environment.

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Born: August 9, 1896
Died: September 16, 1980
Theory: Piaget proposed an idea that seems silly and obvious to us now, but helped revolutionize how we think about child development. It was simply this: Children think differently than adults.
Impact: He described and explained the development of thought processes and mental states. His theory also looks at how  thought processes influence the way we understand the world around us

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Born: June 15, 1902
Died: May 12, 1994
Theory:  An eight-stage theory of psychosocial development describes growth and change throughout life, focusing on social interaction and conflicts that arise during different stages of development
Impact: During each stage, people are faced with a developmental conflict that impacts later functioning and further growth. His theory focused on an entire life span, not just early life.

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Born: February 26, 1907,
Died: September 2, 1990
Theory: Bowlby believed that early relationships with caregivers play a major role in child development and continue to influence social relationships throughout one's life
Impact: Bowlby's attachment theory suggested that children are born with an innate need to form attachments for survival.

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Born: December 4, 1925
Died: July 26, 2021
Theory: By observing the actions of others, including parents and peers, children develop new skills and acquire new information
Impact: We can learn from not only live demonstrations, but also by listening to verbal instructions about how to perform a behavior as well as through observing either real or fictional characters displaying behaviors in books or films.