The Collaborative International Dictionary
bandura \ban*dur"a\ (b[a^]n*d[=oo]r"[.a]), n. [See bandore.] A traditional Ukrainian stringed musical instrument shaped like a lute, having many strings.
Wiktionary
n. A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument, resembling an asymmetrical lute, played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
Wikipedia
A bandura is a Ukrainian, plucked string, folk instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, up until the 1940s, was also often referred to by the term kobza. Early instruments (c. 1700) had 5 to 12 strings. In the 20th century, the number of strings increased initially to 31 strings, and up to 68 strings on chromaticised 'concert' instruments.
Musicians who play the bandura are referred to as bandurists. Some traditional bandura players, often blind, were referred to as kobzars.
Bandura is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Albert Bandura (born 1925), psychologist
- Jeff Bandura (born 1957), retired National Hockey League defenceman
- Oleksandr Bandura (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper
Usage examples of "bandura".
Hundreds of research studies support this notion (see Bandura's chapter 9) and hundreds of wonderful children's stories, like The Little Engine that Could, illustrate the importance of a positive attitude.
Eventually, you can gain self-control and "produce your own future," according to Bandura.
Thus, the Cognitive therapist asks the patient to behaviorally check out his/her dire "it's hopeless" predictions or conclusions, or the Rational-Emotive therapist directs the shy client to find out it isn't awful to be turned down for a date, or Bandura helps a snake phobic with a "I can't do it" attitude to gradually approach a small snake and learn for certain "I can handle it," etc.
Indeed, Bandura himself provides an impressive list of ways we mentally justify being behaviorally unkind to others (see chapter 7).
Instead Bandura (1973) argues that aggression is learned in two basic ways: (1) from observing aggressive models and (2) from receiving and/or expecting payoffs following aggression.
In 1910 it was Emil Coue's, "I'm getting better and better," now it is Bandura's self-efficacy.