ALBERT BANDURA

(Life Story)

By:

Genon, Jesslyn Mar S.

 Objectives

At the end of the report, the students will be able to:

• Learn about the life story of Albert Bandura and

how his experiences in life can best apply to our
own life-like situations.
 Early life
• was born on December 4, 1925 , in the province of Alberta, Canada.
• youngest of six children
• Both of his parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe.
• Bandura’s father worked as a track layer for the Trans-Canada railroad while
his mother worked in a general store before they were able to buy some land
and become farmers.
 Bandura had a tough life when he was still
young.
• Recalls Bandura, "the Great Depression took a toll on my father's
fun-loving spirit when he lost a section of land he had cultivated so
laboriously. It pained him to see somebody else farming it."

• Moreover, Bandura's parents knew how to celebrate life, and they

also worked hard to create a festive family atmosphere. "My mother
was a superb cook, and my father played a sprightly violin," recalls
Bandura.
• Though times were often hard growing up,
Bandura’s parents placed great emphasis on
celebrating life and more importantly family.

• They are also very keen on their children doing well

in school.
 Education
went to a small high
school with only 20
students and 2 teachers.
During summer vacations, he worked
in a furniture manufacturing plant in
Edmonton.
The carpentry skills he acquired
subsequently helped to support
him through college, where he
engaged in part-time carpentry
work in a woodwork.
 After High School

"My parents encouraged me to expand my

experiences ... they essentially presented me with two
options: I could either remain in Mundare, till the
farmland, play pool and drink myself to oblivion in
the beer parlor, or I might try to get a higher
education.
Bandura went westward to the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver.

“One morning, I was wasting time in the library. Someone had

forgotten to return a course catalogue and I thumbed through it
attempting to find a filler course to occupy the early time slot. I
noticed a course in psychology that would serve as excellent filler.”
“It sparked my interest and I found my career.”
• 1949 – Graduated with an award from the University of
British Columbia with a degree in Psychology
• When it came time to apply for graduate study,
Bandura went to his academic advisor and
asked, "Where are the stone tablets of psychology?“
M.A. degree in 1951 and in 1952 – Received his Ph.D.
in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa.
1952 – got married to
Virginia Varns
They had two
daughters, Mary
(1954) and Carol
(1958
 Career Life

• In 1953, Bandura joined the faculty at Stanford

University, where he has remained to pursue his career.
• There he met the former APA presidents – Bob Sears,
Jack Hilgard, Quinn McNemar, Calvin Stone, and Paul
Farnsworth
In 1963, they conducted a research on Social Learning
and Personality Development that led Bandura
and Richard Walters to conclude that modeling was
a powerful process that could account for diverse
forms of learning.
Best Known For

Bobo Doll studies

Observational Learning
Social Learning Theory
Self-Efficacy and many more…
 Contributions to Psychology
• Bandura’s work is considered part of the cognitive revolution in psychology
that began in the late 1960s
• His theories have had a tremendous impact on personality psychology,
cognitive psychology, education and psychotherapy.
• often identified as the greatest living psychology as well as one of the most
influential psychologists of all time.
Books
 Awards and Achievement
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980.
• Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American
Psychological Association in 1980
• 1999 he received the Thorndike Award for Distinguished Contributions of
Psychology to Education from the American Psychological Association
• 2001, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Recipient of the Outstanding Lifetime
Contribution to Psychology Award from the
American Psychological Association and the
Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Western Psychological Association
 James McKeen Cattell Award from
the American Psychological Society, and
the Gold Medal Award for Distinguished
Lifetime Contribution to Psychological
Science from the American Psychological
Foundation.
• In 2008, he received the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for
contributions to psychology.
• In 2014, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his
foundational contributions to social psychology, notably for uncovering the
influence of observation on human learning and aggression".
May 9, 2016 – National Medal Award
 Bandura on Education Today
• Bandura's social learning theory contributes to students
and teachers within the field of education.
• The social cognitive theory can be applied to motivation
and learning for students and teachers.
Bandura with his twin grandchildren
 If you think you can, you probably
can.
If you think you can’t, well that self-
limiting and self-fulfilling belief
might well stop you doing something
you’re perfectly capable of doing.