passage: Albert Bandura OC ( /baen'dU@r@/ ; born December 4 , 1925 ) is a psychologist who is the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University .
  For almost six decades , he has been responsible for contributions to the field of education and to many fields of psychology , including social cognitive theory , therapy and personality psychology , and was also influential in the transition between behaviorism and cognitive psychology .
  He is known as the originator of social learning theory and the theoretical construct of self - efficacy , and is also responsible for the influential 1961 Bobo doll experiment .
  Social learning theory is how people learn through observing others .
  An example of social learning theory would be the students imitating the teacher .
  Self - efficacy is " The belief in one 's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations . "
  To paraphrase , self - efficiacy is believing in yourself to take action .
  The Bobo Doll Experiment was how Albert Bandura studied aggression and non - aggression in children .
  A 2002 survey ranked Bandura as the fourth most - frequently cited psychologist of all time , behind B. F. Skinner , Sigmund Freud , and Jean Piaget , and as the most cited living one .
  Bandura is widely described as the greatest living psychologist , and as one of the most influential psychologists of all time .
  In 1974 Bandura was elected to be the Eighty - Second President of the American Psychological Association ( APA ) .
  He was one of the youngest president - elects in the history of the APA at the age of 48 .
  Bandura served as a member of the APA Board of Scientific Affairs from 1968 to 1970 and is well known as a member of the editorial board of nine psychology journals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1963 to 1972 .
  At the age of 82 , Bandura was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for psychology .
query_and_answer: Who is the originator of social learning theory ? || Bandura
evidences: Albert Bandura OC ( /baen'dU@r@/ ; born December 4 , 1925 ) is a psychologist who is the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University . He is known as the originator of social learning theory and the theoretical construct of self - efficacy , and is also responsible for the influential 1961 Bobo doll experiment .