Albert Bandura was born on December 4, 1925, in Alberta, Canada. He was the youngest and only boy among six children born to Ukrainian parents. Bandura spent his elementary and high school years at the one and only school in town. After graduating Bandura began his collegiate career at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Pajares, 2002).

Bandura entered the field of psychology by chance. He was a part of a daily car pool that began very early in the morning. Since this car pool was his only means of transportation to campus he decided to take a class to fill the early slot. Bandura ended up taking a course on psychology. He was immediately fascinated and decided to major in it (Pajares, 2002). After graduating in 1949 Bandura went on to graduate school at the University of Iowa. One of his men

Bandura’s plethora of other honors are as follows: President of the American Psychological Association (1974) and of the Western Psychological Association (1981); Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association; Founded the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP); Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award of the American Psychological Association; Distinguished Scientist Award from Division 12 of the APA; William James Award of the American Psychological Society; Distinguished Contribution Award from the International Society for Research in Aggression; Guggenheim Fellowship; Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the California Psychological Association; Distinguished Scientist Award of the Society of Behavioral Medicine; Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association (1999); Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (2001); and he is the recipient of fourteen honorary degrees (Pajares, 2002).

Albert Bandura and his theory of social and observational learning have been proven in my experiences and influenced my goals. While teaching pre-kindergarten in a summer enrichment program (2002) it was very obvious that the children imitated one another when it came to learning and participating. As a result I know that as a future educator as long as I provide an ideal learning environment nothing can prevent me from teaching a child.

Bandura’s next research project was with Dorrie and Sheila Ross on social modeling involving the now famous inflated plastic Bobo doll. At that time, it was widely belie

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