Which theory explains the following scenario? Your little brother is a huge fan of WWE Wrestling. After he and his friends watch several matches, you observe them beginning to act out their own wrestling matches, shouting at one another and jumping off the couch trying to pin one another.
A) media convergence theory
B) social cognitive theory
C) monkey-see-monkey-do effect
D) cultivation theory

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Social cognitive theory suggests that individuals learn and imitate behaviors they see in the media, especially when they see these behaviors being rewarded. In this scenario, the little brother and his friends are likely imitating the wrestling moves they saw in the WWE matches they watched.

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