Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
57:14Stanford BIO 150 Lecture 2: Behavioral Evolution I — Prisoner's Dilemma & Kin Selection
1:36:57Stanford BIO 150 Lecture 3: Behavioral Evolution II — Tournament vs. Pair-Bonded Species
1:36:59Stanford BIO 150 Lecture 4: Molecular Genetics I — Transcription Factors, Splicing & Epigenetics
1:33:345. Molecular Genetics II
1:14:09Stanford BIO 150 Lecture 6: Behavioral Genetics — Twin Studies, Adoption & Heritability Traps
1:38:358. Recognizing Relatives
1:19:269. Ethology
1:41:06Lecture 13: Advanced Neurology and Endocrinology (BIO 150)
1:13:01Lecture 14: Limbic System (BIO 150)
1:28:44Lecture 15: Human Sexual Behavior I (BIO 150)
1:41:43Lecture 16: Human Sexual Behavior II (BIO 150)
1:40:41Lecture 17: Human Sexual Behavior III & Aggression I (BIO 150)
1:36:42Lecture 18: Aggression II (BIO 150)
1:45:07Lecture 19: Aggression III (BIO 150)
1:41:12Lecture 20: Aggression IV (BIO 150)
1:42:51Lecture 21: Chaos and Reductionism (BIO 150)
1:37:33Lecture 22: Emergence and Complexity (BIO 150)
1:42:309. Ethology
Professor of Biology and Neurology
This lecture provides an introduction to ethology, examining animal behavior in natural contexts. Sapolsky discusses fixed action patterns, informational stimuli, and the interplay between genetics and environment in shaping complex behaviors, including an overview of neuroethological principles.
(April 19, 2010) Robert Sapolsky looks at the biology of behavior through the ethological lens: observing animals in various natural environments, in their own language. He explores behavioral variety, the importance of gene environment interactions, experimental testing of fixed action patterns, the releasing of informational stimuli, and neuroethology.
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8. Recognizing Relatives
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