Thursday, May 5, 2011 - North Platte NE
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Layers, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY, May 2, 2011
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in North Platte NE
Walmart Supercenter Store #1585, 1401 S Dewey St, North Platte, NE 69101 - (308) 532-5529
- Good level parking
- Verizon cell phone service- good
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - good signal - service a bit slow
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
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.