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Zen Master Seung Sahn said, "Four blind men went to the zoo and visited the elephant. One blind man touched its side and said, "The elephant is like a wall."

The next blind man touched its trunk and said, "The elephant is like a snake."

The next blind man touched its leg and said, "The elephant is like a column."

The next blind man touched its tail and said, "The elephant is like a broom."

Then the four blind men started to fight, each one believing that his opinion was the right one. Each only understood the part he had touched; none of them understood the whole.

From Dropping Ashes On The Buddha: The Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

edited by Stephen Mitchell (Grove Press, New York, NY, 1976)

Apply this to how your favorite psychological theory looks at its data (do this at your own peril).