Albert+Bandura

Albert Bandura is a psychologist specializing in social cognitive theory and self-efficacy. He is most famous for his social learning theory. Bandura was born December 4, 1925 in Mundare in northern Alberta, Canada ( []). Bandura was influenced by Robert Sears' work on familial antecedents of social behavior and identificatory learning. Albert Bandura's main ideas are based on Behaviorism, such as social cognitive, self-efficacy and social learning theories. Behaviorism theory emphasizes on experimental methods which focuses on variables that we can observe, measure and manipulate. Also his is most famous for the Bobo doll experiment. Bandura and researchers found 88% of the children imitated the aggressive behavior (Bandura, 1998, p.3). Social cognitive theory was based on human functioning that accords a central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-regulatory and self-reflective processes in human adaptation and change ([]). How Albert Bandura's ideas or theories be applied to teaching and learning with technology are through observational learning and environmental experiences. According to Isom (1998) observational learning is learned by imitation and modeling. Children learn by observing and imitating people's behavior. The article discusses four components processes which influences the observer's behavior. The components are attention, retention, motor reproduction and motivation. Another influence is called environmental experiences of social learning of violence in children. Social learning theory has a bridge between behaviorist and cognitive learning because it encompasses attention, memory, and motivation.