ABSTRACT
"Aggression: a Social Learning Analysis" by Albert Bandura deserves special attention because the author outlines ideas in it that still dominate thinking about human behavior in psychology and other fields more than 40 years after the book's publication. Social learning or social cognitive theory continues to have a vast impact across many fields, such as criminology and sociology, not only as a conceptual framework for academic activity but also in practical areas, such as prisons, education, and healthcare. Bandura has provided a large body of work that has inspired doctoral students and others in various fields. The continuing debate about the influence of depictions of violence in the media on aggression in society shows no signs of slowing down. Bandura applied the relatively new and underdeveloped concept of social learning to aggression and produced the first truly coherent account of the theory.
