Learned behavior refers to actions or responses that are acquired through experience and observation rather than being genetically inherited. These behaviors are shaped and modified by rewards, punishments, modeling, and other learning processes.
Learned behavior encompasses changes in an individual's actions or conduct resulting from experiences. Behavioral, social learning, and cognitive theories particularly highlight how environmental interactions shape behavior.
Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiment (1961) demonstrated observational learning, showing that children imitate aggressive behaviors modeled by adults. B.F. Skinner's work on operant conditioning also elucidates how consequences of actions influence learned behaviors.