LEARNING ACCORDING TO KOHLER AND TOLMAN These are based on the
theories of Wolfgang Kohler and Edward Tolman. Cognitive
learning is a complex form of learning. It involves interpreting
present perceptions in the light of past information to get our
way through unfamiliar problems. It is more than just gathering
information. It involves new ways of learning, acting and
solving. It is also known as a prelude to the study of human
memory and language. Cognitive theory relates to "how we gain
information from the world, how such information is represented
and transformed as knowledge, how it is stored and how that
knowledge is used to direct our attention and behaviour" (Solso
1979). The Cognitive theory does not focus on stimuli-response
connections as important factors in learning. Kohler and Tolman
are two people who contributed much to the study of cognitive
learning. Wolfgang Kohler believed that animals are capable of
intellectual accomplishments. He believed that animals are able
to see the relationship be