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Albert Bandura

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    Bandura was born

    Albert Bandura was born on December 4, 1925, in a small Canadian town located approximately 50 miles from Edmonton
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    Earned degree

    He earned his degree from the University of British Columbia in 1949 after just three years of study and then went on to graduate school at the University of Iowa.
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    Masters Degree

    Bandura earned his MA degree in 1951 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1952.
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    Stanford University

    He began working at Stanford in 1953 and has continued to work at the university to this day
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    First Publication

    His first professional publication was a 1953 paper titled "'Primary' and 'Secondary' Suggestibility" that appeared in the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology.
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    APA President

    In 1974, Bandura was elected president of the American Psychological Association.
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    Book that taught the theory

    His 1977 book Social Learning Theory presented the basics of his theory of how people learn through observation and modeling.
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    National Medal of Science

    In 2014, Bandura was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama.
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