Video Series: Dr. Robert Sapolsky - "Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology"

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Video: 15. Human Sexual Behavior I

http://youtu.be/LOY3QH_jOtE

(May 5, 2010) Robert Sapolsky explores behavioral patterns of human reproduction. He focuses on proximal and distal motivations, orgasm and fertility facilitation, non-reproductive sex, hormonal and cerebral sexual functions, and the differences and similarities between humans and animals in various physiological realms.

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Video: 16. Human Sexual Behavior II

http://youtu.be/95OP9rSjxzw

(May 7, 2010) Robert Sapolsky delivers the second part of his two-part lecture on sexual behavior. He discusses how this behavior has evolved into the intricate and complex system that exists today.

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Video: 17. Human Sexual Behavior III & Aggression I

http://youtu.be/JPYmarGO5jM

(May 10, 2010) Robert Sapolsky completes his talk on sexual behavior in humans as well as other species, focusing on characteristics that create attractiveness. He then switches subject and talks about human aggression and how this has evolved and developed in different cultures.

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Video: 18. Aggression II

http://youtu.be/wLE71i4JJiM

(May 12, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues his lectures about aggression in humans but also continues to talk about other emotions and what goes on in the brain to cause these various emotions.

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Video: 19. Aggression III

http://youtu.be/EtVfoIkVSu8

(May 14, 2010) Robert Sapolsky continues his neurobiological exploration of human aggression. He discusses correlations between neurotransmitter prevalence and aggression levels, aggressive activity differences from genetic variance, societal factors and application, amplification from alcohol, and crime and punishment.

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Video: 20. Aggression IV

http://youtu.be/BqP4_4kr7-0

(May 17, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky completes his fourth and final part of a discussion about aggression and violence. He discusses how hormones and evolution have shaped this behavior into the way humans interact today.

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Video: 21. Chaos and Reductionism

http://youtu.be/_njf8jwEGRo

(May 19, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives what he calls "one of the most difficult lectures of the course" about chaos and reductionism. He references a book that he assigned to his students. This lecture focuses on reduction science and breaking things down to their component parts in order to understand them best.

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Video: 22. Emergence and Complexity

http://youtu.be/o_ZuWbX-CyE

(May 21, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives a lecture on emergence and complexity. He details how a small difference at one place in nature can have a huge effect on a system as time goes on. He calls this idea fractal magnification and applies it to many different systems that exist throughout nature.

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Video: 23. Language

http://youtu.be/SIOQgY1tqrU

(May 21, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives a lecture on language. He describes the similarities and differences between different human and animal languages. He focuses on how we use language to communicate with each other, how we communicate with animals, and how animals commute with each other.

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Video: 24. Schizophrenia

http://youtu.be/nEnklxGAmak

(May 26, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky finishes his lecture on language and then dives into his discussion about schizophrenia. He discusses environmental factors as well as genetic characteristics that could apply to people who are affected. He describes schizophrenia as a disease of thought disorder and inappropriate emotional attributes.

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Video: 25. Individual Differences

FINAL LECTURE IN THIS SERIES

http://youtu.be/-PpDq1WUtAw

(June 2, 2010) Professor Robert Sapolsky gives the final lecture in the Human Biology 160 class. He uses the lecture to wrap up any loose ends and show how the themes of the class connects without the more complex concepts that were brought up throughout the course.