Albert Bandura

Albert Bandura (December 4, 1925 – July 26, 2021) was a prominent psychologist, known as the originator of social learning theory and the theory of self-efficacy.

Quotes

 * Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.
 * (p. 77)


 * If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.
 * (p. 127)


 * Persons who have a strong sense of efficacy deploy their attention and effort to the demands of the situation and are spurred by obstacles to greater effort.
 * (p. 123) (appears also in Bandura's Social Foundations of Thought and Action, 1986, p. 394)

About Albert Bandura

 * Bandura’s findings were particularly important in 1960s America, when lawmakers, broadcasters, and the general public were engaged in serious debate regarding the effects of television violence on the behavior of children.
 * Cathy Faye, Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Psychology at The University of Akron as quoted in Bandura and Bobo Association for Psychological Science, (2012)