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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Focus, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 14, 2011
Focus, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, February 14, 2011

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Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

Observational Learning

[Learning by watching] is called observational learning. When it comes to evolutionary fears, as well as to many other areas of learning, animals and people learn by watching what other animals or people do, not by doing something themselves and learning from the consequences. I have the impression this lesson hasn't quite been absorbed by most educators. You read that hands-on learning is best, but that may not always be so. Obviously evolution has selected for strong observational learning in animals and in humans.

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