A 2002 survey ranked Bandura as the fourth most-frequently cited psychologist of all time, behind B. F. Skinner, Sigmund Freud, and Jean 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 the American 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 editiorial board of nine psychology journals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1963 to 1972.[8] At the age of 82, Bandura was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for psychology and is known as one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century. [9]
Contents [hide] 1 Personal life
2 Education and academic career 2.1 Post-doctoral work
3 Research 3.1 Social learning theory
3.2 Aggression
3.3 Social cognitive theory 3.3.1 Social foundations of thought and action
3.4 Self-efficacy
3.5 Moral agency
4 Awards
5 Major books
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Personal life[edit]
Bandura was born in Mundare, in Alberta, a small town of roughly four hundred inhabitants, as the