Learning theories examine the effects of environmental processes (nurture) in the shaping of behaviour.
Learning theories state that we are born as a blank slate "tabula rasa" and look at the impact of experience on our behaviour.
Learning theories focus on learning through consequences (operant conditioning), association (classical conditioning) and observation and imitation (social learning theory)
Learning theories believe that scientific methods of study are important to establish a cause and effect via observable phenomena.
Learning theories often study animals in order to extrapolate findings to humans to indicate the basic premise on which we behave.
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