Editorial: Past, present and future contributions from the social cognitive theory (Albert Bandura)

Cognitive Social Learning theory (Bandura, 1986) tries to understand how the \nacquisition of knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and ways of thinking of the person with respect \nto the social environment occurs. The premise underlying this theory is that learning \nis a cognitive process that cannot be separated from the context in which it occurs, be \nit family, school or of any other nature. Albert Bandura was a giant in the field, with \nwork that influenced social, cognitive, developmental, educational, and clinical psychology. \nHis death on July 21, 2021 left a void in the filed of psychology. He will definitely be \ngreatly missed. This Research Topic has been developed to pay tribute to him, from the \naforementioned disciplines.