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Audio Lecture files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
AUDIO |
| 1 |
Animals in Human History
Amateur and Professional Studies |
(MP3 - 7.8MB) |
| 2-3 |
Introduction to Ethology
Tinbergen's Four Questions
Field Studies of Birds |
(MP3 - 10.8MB) |
| 4 |
Lorenz' Jackdaws |
(MP3 - 10.9MB) |
| 5 |
Ethology of Geese
Fixed Action Patterns and the Central Nervous System |
(MP3 - 7.0MB) |
| 6 |
Input and Output Sides of Innate Behavior
Motivation |
|
| 7 |
Motivation (cont.) |
(MP3 - 7.5MB) |
| 8 |
Lorenz on Fixed Action Patterns |
(MP3 - 12.5MB) |
| 9 |
Lorenz on Innate Releasing Mechanisms |
(MP3 - 8.5MB) |
| 10 |
Models, Hierarchies and Chains of Action Patterns |
(MP3 - 8.3MB) |
| 11 |
Spatial Orientation
Multiple Motivations |
(MP3 - 8.9MB) |
| 12 |
Interlude: Evolutionary Genetics - Guest Lecturer, R. Lewontin |
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| 13 |
Evolution of Behavior, Genes, Learning |
(MP3 - 9.2MB) |
| 14 |
Navigation, Migration, Communication |
(MP3 - 9.8MB) |
| 15 |
Communication (cont.) |
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| 16 |
Foraging |
(MP3 - 10.8MB) |
| 17 |
Anti-predator Behavior |
(MP3 - 9.5MB) |
| 18 |
Anti-predator Behavior (cont.) |
(MP3 - 9.1MB) |
| 19 |
Mating and Reproduction, Introduction |
(MP3 - 10.8MB) |
| 20 |
Sociobiology Introduction |
(MP3 - 9.5MB) |
| 21 |
Sociobiology Subject Matter |
(MP3 - 10.9MB) |
| 22 |
Genes and Behaviors |
(MP3 - 10.9MB) |
| 23 |
Sociobiology and Science |
(MP3 - 10.8MB) |
| 24-25 |
Discoveries of Sociobiology |
(MP3 - 8.9MB)
(MP3 - 5MB) |
| 26 |
Video: Portions of two programs on the behavior of the domestic cat, showing similarities with larger cat species |
|
| 27 |
Videos on the Behavior of Apes |
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| 28 |
Cultural Determinism and Sociobiology |
(MP3 - 11.6MB) |
| 29 |
Sociobiology and Culture |
(MP3 - 11.5MB) |
| 30 |
Practical Issues in Study of Adaptation |
(MP3 - 9.6MB) |
| 31 |
The Triumph of Sociobiology |
(MP3 - 8.1MB) |
| 32-35 |
Student Project Presentations |
(MP3 - 3.1MB) |
| 36 |
Student Project Presentations (cont.), Review |
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| 37 |
Exam Review Session |
(MP3 - 9.9MB) |