Albert Bandura was born in 1925 in a small town in northern Alberta, Canada. He was the youngest of six children and the only son. The local schools he attended were very short of teachers, so the young students had to be self-directed in their learning. This may have been where the young Bandura began
Albert Ellis, the developer of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), contributed greatly to the practice of psychotherapy through his clinical practice, involvement with numerous professional organizations, publications of books and articles, and teaching. Ellis was born in Pittsburgh and was raised in New York City. He had a difficult childhood and, due to the family
Albert Bandura is a past president of the American Psychological Association (1973) and has been a professor at Stanford since 1953. Bandura was born in Alberta, Canada. He received his BA from the University of British Columbia in 1949 and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa in 1952. Following his graduation