Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

Albert Bandura, cognitive psychology, self-directed learning, self-efficacy, self- regulating, social cognitive theory

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Albert Bandura (born December 4, 1925 Mundare, Canada - Present, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University in Stanford, California) is a social cognitive theorist who is described as the “greatest psychologist alive today” (Clay, 2016). He is ranked in a 2002 survey as one of the most prominent figures in the discipline of psychology, only behind Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, and Jean Piaget. In 2015, at the age of 90 he received the National Medals of Science, the nation’s highest honor for achievement and leadership in advancing science, from President Barack Obama.

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