Marcus is observing how staff members behave at a high-tech corporate office. Normally, employees sit in isolated glass pods, communicating only via text-based workspace apps, avoiding face-to-face interaction, and ignoring colleagues in corridors.
One morning, the company's central server crashes completely, disabling all internet and intranet access, accompanied by a bright yellow alert light flashing on the wall. Following this event, employees immediately step out of their pods, begin speaking to one another, laughing, sharing food, and cooperating to plan how to spend their offline time.
When Marcus later discusses this sudden transition with his manager, the manager suggests that workplace cooperation and social interaction are entirely learned through environmental experiences rather than being innate.
Evaluate the extent to which human behaviour, such as workplace cooperation, can be explained by learning theories.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
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