According to Skinner, “Learning is a process of progressive behavior adoption”. He adds, “Learning is both acquisition and retention”.
In the words of Crow and Crow, “Learning is the acquisition of knowledge, habits and attitudes. It involves new ways of doing things and it operates in an individual’s attempts to overcome obstacles or to readjust to new situations.”
John B Watson is one amongst the first thinkers who has proven that behavioural changes occur as a result of learning. Watson is believed to be the founder of Behavioural school of thought, which gained its prominence or acceptability around the first half of the 20th century.
Gales defined Learning as the behavioural modification which occurs as a result of experience as well as training.
According to E.A, Peel, Learning can be described as a change in the individual which takes place as a result of the environmental change.
H.J. Klausmeir described Learning as a process which leads to some behavioural change as a result of some experience, training, observation, activity, etc.
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