Timothy, an 11-year-old boy, likes to wear his sister's clothes. However, his father yells at him and grounds him whenever he does this. As a result, Timothy does not wear his sister's clothes or openly express himself anymore. This scenario best illustrates .

the social learning theory    

Explanation:

Social learning theory: In psychology, the term "social learning theory" was proposed by one of the famous psychologist named Albert Bandura, and is described as a phenomenon through an individual tend to learn behaviors form another person through modeling, observation, imitation, etc.

The social learning theory is also referred to as one of the existing bridges between the cognitive and behaviorist learning theories as it involves motivation, attention, memory, etc. It states that human beings are involved in a reciprocal interaction between environmental, cognitive, and behavioral influences.

In the question above, the given scenario best illustrates the social learning theories.