Behaviorists, like Skinner, would say no learning occurs without behavior, and cognitive-oriented psychologists, like Tolman and Bandura, would say we do learn without necessarily giving a behavior. Many studies have been done on television violence. If a child has watched a model hit a punching bag, the child is more likely to do the same when presented with the same situation. There seems to be more support with the latter. Learning Process Stage Theory From birth to death, organisms can be seen as in a constant, active state of learning.
Humans seem to progress in stages in their learning capabilities.
Jean Piaget's stage theory of learning handles the issue of how children and adults learn differently. However, there is more to learning. In Piaget's theory, a newborn child has reflexes like sucking, grasping, looking, etc. He labels each of these behaviors as schemata, the potential to act in a certain way. From birth on we have to adapt these reflexes to our environment using assimilation and accommodation.