Alfred Adler Social Learning Theory

Alfred Adler lived between 1870 to 1937, he was a physician, psychotherapist, and the founder of Adlerian psychology, sometimes called individual psychology. He graduated college with a medical degree in 1895. His goal was to create a psychological movement that argued for the holistic view of an individual as well as social equality. He believed that social and community realm is equally as important to psychology as the internal realm of the individual.

After Adler began his medical career as an ophthalmologist, he soon switched to general practice. His clients included circus people, and it has been said that the unusual strengths and weaknesses of the performers led to his insights into "organ inferiorities" and "compensation"

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He left the richest scientific legacy, a brilliant group of pupils. In 1881, he married Seraphima, a teacher, the daughter of a doctor in the Black Sea fleet. Dr. Pavlov died in Leningrad on February 27, 1936.

Albert Bandura was born in a small Canadian town located about fifty miles from Edmonton. He was the last of six children and his early education only consisted of one small school with only two teachers. Albert Bandura is an influential social cognitive psychologist who is perhaps best known for his social learning theory. Bandura became fascinated by psychology after he enrolled at the University of British Columbia. After earning his Ph.D., he was offered a position at Stanford University. His most famous experiment was the 1961 Bobo doll study. The study was significant because it departs from behaviorism’s insistence that all behavior is directed by reinforcement or rewards. Bandura’s work is considered part of the cognitive revolution in psychology that began in the late 1960s. His theories have had a tremendous impact on personality psychology, cognitive psychology, education, and psychotherapy. He is also often known as the greatest living psychology as well as one of the most influential psychologist of all