Friday, November 16, 2012 - San Antonio Mechanic Shop, San Antonio NM
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Afterglow, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, November 10, 2012
Aarggh
Wrong water pump. Guess I'll be sitting here another couple of days.
Night camp
Drycamped - San Antonio Mechanic Shop, 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.