Albert Bandura (1925-present) is a renowned Canadian-American psychologist known for his social cognitive theory of learning. He was born in Canada and received his undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia. Bandura then accepted a position at Stanford University where he became a full professor and conducted influential studies on social learning and aggression through observational learning. His social cognitive theory asserts that human behavior can be learned through direct experience or by observing others, and that learning can occur without a change in behavior.