Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura was born in Mundare, Candada on December 4,
1925. He was the baby of a family of Easter European descent. His
parents had no formal education, but valued education. His father actually taught himself to read and write in three languages and also eventually served on the local school board (Pajares, 2004). Albert Bandura's life was full of struggle and hardships. He grew up
during the great depression living an almost pioneer life.
His early education was in the only local school around. His
entire math classes from elementary and high school were from one single book. The teachers were short staffed and the schools lacked resources (Pajares, 2004). This helped him to observe that the tool of self-directedness is something that you can use for life. After high school, Bandura worked at random jobs observing people where
he developed his keen sense of psychopathology.
His college education started at the University of British Columbia. His original concentration was not even psychology as he stumbled upon this looking for an extra credit. He graduated with the Bolocan Award in Psychology within three years. He then went to University of Iowa where he received his M.A. and Ph.D in psychology (Pajares, 2004).
Bandura's career landed him as a professor at Stanford University where he continued to learn new things himself and by the mid 1980's had developed a social cognitive theory of human functioning and also a book Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. In 1997 he published another book Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. Banduras is currently still staffed at Stanford University and is excitedly still receiving recognition for all of his achievements and advancements in
psychology.
1925. He was the baby of a family of Easter European descent. His
parents had no formal education, but valued education. His father actually taught himself to read and write in three languages and also eventually served on the local school board (Pajares, 2004). Albert Bandura's life was full of struggle and hardships. He grew up
during the great depression living an almost pioneer life.
His early education was in the only local school around. His
entire math classes from elementary and high school were from one single book. The teachers were short staffed and the schools lacked resources (Pajares, 2004). This helped him to observe that the tool of self-directedness is something that you can use for life. After high school, Bandura worked at random jobs observing people where
he developed his keen sense of psychopathology.
His college education started at the University of British Columbia. His original concentration was not even psychology as he stumbled upon this looking for an extra credit. He graduated with the Bolocan Award in Psychology within three years. He then went to University of Iowa where he received his M.A. and Ph.D in psychology (Pajares, 2004).
Bandura's career landed him as a professor at Stanford University where he continued to learn new things himself and by the mid 1980's had developed a social cognitive theory of human functioning and also a book Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory. In 1997 he published another book Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. Banduras is currently still staffed at Stanford University and is excitedly still receiving recognition for all of his achievements and advancements in
psychology.