Who is Albert Bandura?

Albert Bandura was born in Mudane Canada, December 4, 1925. He is a psychologist. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of British of Columbia in 1949. Then he entered the University of Iowa, where he earned his Ph.D in 1952. Only after that he became very influential in the behaviorist tradition and learning theory.
In 1953, he began teaching at Stanford University. Here, he then worked with one of his protege, Richard Walters. The first book titled their collaboration Adolescent Aggression published in 1959. Bandura became president of the APA in 1973, and received APA Award for his services in the Distinguished Scientific Contributions in 1980.
Albert Bandura's theories are applicable in many fields of education, especially on social learning (social learning theory). Social learning theory was originally named as "Social Cognitive Theory" by Bandura himself (Moore, 2002). Social learning theory states that social factors, cognitive and behavior play an important role in learning (Santrock, 2001). Cognitive factors will affect the student insight about understanding, while social factors, including concerns about student behavior and imitation mother and father, will affect the student's behavior.