ABSTRACT
Albert Bandura was born on December 4, 1925, in Mundare, a small town in Alberta, Canada. His family included five older sisters. There was only one school in Mundare, which w-as so understaffed that two teachers handled the entire high school curriculum and students had to take charge of their own education. Bandura actually prohted from this difficult situation: He developed a grasp of the material that was often better than that of the two overworked teachers, as well as a sense of self-directedness that was to serve him well throughout his life.
