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Albert Bandura was born in the small community of Mundare, Alberta, Canada on December 4, 1925. His high school had less than two dozen students and two teachers. He attended the University of British Columbia, where he earned his B.A. in psychology in 1949.
He then moved to the United States and attended the University of Iowa, where he obtained his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1952. In 1953 he accepted a position at Stanford University, where he has remained. He served as president of the American Psychological Association in 1973. In 1981, Bandura received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the APA. Bandura has been an active researcher and writer. His important books include Principles of Behavior Modification (1969), Psychological Modeling (1971), Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis (1973), and Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control (1997). |
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