Today![Mostly Cloudy](/images/wtf/bkn.jpg "Mostly Cloudy\") Mostly Cloudy Hi 40 °F |
Tonight![Partly Cloudy](/images/wtf/nsct.jpg "Partly Cloudy\") Partly Cloudy Lo 15 °F |
Wednesday Mostly Cloudy Hi 33 °F |
Wednesday Night ![Mostly Cloudy](/images/wtf/nbkn.jpg "Mostly Cloudy\") Mostly Cloudy Lo 21 °F |
Thursday![Sunny](/images/wtf/few.jpg "Sunny\") Sunny Hi 39 °F |
Thursday Night Partly Cloudy Lo 23 °F |
Friday![Mostly Sunny](/images/wtf/sct.jpg "Mostly Sunny\") Mostly Sunny Hi 45 °F |
Friday Night Mostly Cloudy Lo 15 °F |
Saturday Mostly Sunny Hi 28 °F |
NWS Forecast for: Chatham, NY
Issued by: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Albany, NY
Last Update: 9:22 am EST Feb 7, 2012
Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Northwest wind between 10 and 13 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind between 6 and 8 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Light west wind.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 39. West wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.
Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high near 31.
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.