The theory that animal behavior stems from heredity and environmental experiences is known as

A. classical conditioning.

B. classical ethology.

C. operant conditioning.

D. sociobiology.

Your answer is A classical conditioning.

The theory that animal behavior stems from heredity and environmental experiences is known as (A) Classical Conditioning. Classical conditioning is a learning process where there's an innate response to a potent stimulus coming from an elicited response. This theory uses the process of association.