Albert BanduraFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAlbert BanduraOC

BornDecember 4, 1925(age89)Mundare,Alberta

NationalityCanadian/American

FieldsPsychology,Philosophy of Action

InstitutionsStanford University

Alma materUniversity of British ColumbiaUniversity of Iowa

KnownforSocial cognitive theorySelf-efficacySocial learning theoryBobo doll experimentHuman agencyReciprocal determinism

InfluencesRobert Sears,Clark Hull,Kenneth Spence,Arthur Benton.Neal Miller

InfluencedCognitive psychology,Social psychology

Albert BanduraOC(/bndr/; born December 4, 1925) is apsychologistwho is the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology atStanford University. For almost six decades, he has been responsible for contributions to many fields of psychology, includingsocial cognitive theory,therapyandpersonality psychology, and was also influential in the transition betweenbehaviorismandcognitive psychology. He is known as the originator ofsocial learning theoryand the theoretical construct ofself-efficacy, and is also responsible for the influential 1961Bobo doll experiment.Social learning theory is how people learn through observing others. An example of social learning theory would be the students imitating the teacher. Self-efficacy is "the belief in ones capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations." To paraphrase, self-efficiacy is believing in yourself to take action. The Bobo Doll Experiment was how Albert Bandura studied aggression and non-aggression in children.A 2002 survey ranked Bandura as the fourth most-frequently cited psychologist of all time, behindB. F. Skinner,Sigmund Freud, andJean Piaget, and as the most cited living one.[1]Bandura is widely described as the greatest living psychologist,[2][3][4][5]and as one of the most influential psychologists of all time.[6][7]In 1974 Bandura was elected to be the Eighty-Second President of theAmerican Psychological Association(APA). He was one of the youngest president-elects in the history of the APA at the age of 46. Bandura served as a member of the APA Board of Scientific Affairs from 1968 to 1970 and is well known as a member of the editorial board of nine psychology journals including theJournal of Personality and Social Psychologyfrom 1963 to 1972.[8]At the age of 82, Bandura was awarded theGrawemeyer Awardfor psychology.