1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
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- Published on Jan 31, 2011
- (March 29, 2010) Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky gave the opening lecture of the course entitled Human Behavioral Biology and explains the basic premise of the course and how he aims to avoid categorical thinking.
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Lectures hit different when you’re not pressured by grades.
Entering (submersion 3 times with a certain prayer and crossing yourself) in water springs of orthodox saints(which are near or in monasteries) give very much power and sureness to people with depression, panic attacks, schizofrenia and other soul illnesses before getting to the eucharisty that heals all soul illnesses. There are some springs of mother of God Maria that heal all soul illnesses. Spring at the Monastery of st. Paraskevi at Tempi in Greece is one of many springs of saints in Greece. If you have chronic fatigue it is from masturbating, watching pornography, hate etc. 99% of all illnesses are from soul
If you have diseases, bad luck, impotence, you can only have a discussion with the same person, etc. it can be from witch spellings. In the Zlătari church in Bucharest, every Wednesday at 17.00 it is read the akathist to St. Cyprian and st. Justin against charms and all demons. This akathist can be ordered at any other Orthodox church if you are baptized Orthodox. You must write your name and give it to the person receives the sheets, it is usually at the entrance to the church.
this is Stanford
Or losing out of 50k of hyper inflated American education
Watching these lectures before starting university. So thankful for uploading.
Yeah, of course 😢
I wasted 12 years of my life grazing for grades
honestly, Its crazy how much easier information is retained when you voluntarily seek it. When i was in school i would have never listened to this and would have been dying to get out of there. Now that i have the ability to learn on my own time I retain and look for information on a much higher level. Incredible.
@ElFlow66 some side effects in society would probably be: people are more social and interact with others more, no more education insitutions, only universities which function as like areas to get more education in fields you want to learn more about and do as a career, not sure how this would affect the industrial and work like system we have today as life isn't all about having fun, there are some things you'll have to do that will be challenging, annoying and tedious but once you finish it you'll feel a lot better with the finished product
@ElFlow66 wholeheartedly agreed, it would be great if school wasn't "sit in a room and be like a robot, don't act human at all and be forced to learn something that's not important and your not interested in" instead it would way way better if school was basically like showing and letting you do the things you want to and are interested in, and stuff that's not included can be shown to you by other means (courses, online tutorials, etc). Just curious how will the school system work then? If all you do is learn stuff you want to then how will going up school systems work? Cause I mean it's gonna get boring doing guitar or other classes for 20 years straight, also I think some changes would help like they're could still be a history or other class to learn but it's mainly just doing stuff for fun.
Kids don't like being forced or told to do something but when they are interested in something they can more than they already are
The art of not wanting
Backwards law
Relevance 0:15
1. Physiology and behaviour 3:17
2a. Categorical thinking 🪣 7:27
2b. Multi-level approach 20:22
3. similarities, repurposing, peculiarities 33:06
Course structure 41:05
Organizational matters 42:50
Anything past 41:05 isn't relevant for those who are simply watching this online.
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yes, yes, yes
You gem! 😊
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This professor is wonderful, I’ve been in a lot of lectures and the way he immediately captured my attention, held it, injected humor, and made me like him- was fantastic. Intro to human behavior indeed.
do you know if there is a website to get the lecture material
takeaway from this course?
Yeah the intro story was genius.
I really hope that Professor Sapolsky knows how many people all over the world he captures through the screen with his amazing ability to teach 🙌
The fact that we can access this lecture without having to attend Stanford is mind-blowing. What a time to be alive!
It's good in getting a heads up on a course before actually doing it.
Entering (submersion 3 times with a certain prayer and crossing yourself) in water springs of orthodox saints(which are near or in monasteries) give very much power and sureness to people with depression, panic attacks, schizofrenia and other soul illnesses before getting to the eucharisty that heals all soul illnesses. There are some springs of mother of God Maria that heal all soul illnesses. Spring at the Monastery of st. Paraskevi at Tempi in Greece is one of many springs of saints in Greece. If you have chronic fatigue it is from masturbating, watching pornography, hate etc. 99% of all illnesses are from soul
If you have diseases, bad luck, impotence, you can only have a discussion with the same person, etc. it can be from witch spellings. In the Zlătari church in Bucharest, every Wednesday at 17.00 it is read the akathist to St. Cyprian and st. Justin against charms and all demons. This akathist can be ordered at any other Orthodox church if you are baptized Orthodox. You must write your name and give it to the person receives the sheets, it is usually at the entrance to the church.
@JNash AHHAHAH you're in the comments of literally "free" education video from Standford.....
@Khola
yes they have deleted multiple channels we created , deleted all of his work , my channel has preserved some of it, check out the 9 Phactor and Omicron videos if you want, thank you for being open.
@Golden Peanuts Apperception account terminated due to TheXvid guidelines!
I'm literally in middle school yet I'm able to follow this to an extent, really makes it obvious that this professor's great at his job
He was in middle school when he started his career...check out his bio. Do understand that all sciences are facts...until they are disproved. 🤪
@aarondavid826 Welp, im not looking to understand this, im an artist, i played this in the background while i drew lmao
same
It’s cool you’re interested in it!! enjoy all of your schooling ahead of u!! :)
I'm so grateful for living in an era where this kind of content is available like this. I'm from Brazil and I wouldn't be able to listen to this amazing classes if Stanford and professor Sapolsky weren't so kind to make it available online. Thank you.
Just like me
If I had the honor of being a student of Dr. Sapolsky, I would have been an enternity student, not because I would fail the subjects, but because I would want to listen to him for the rest of my life and absorb just an ounce of all the knowledge he has!
@Donnyjah Bridges
and where do you think he gets his truths from?
Knowledge is more than suppositions and feelings
What can we trust if not established scientific fact?
No once u forget to question ones views and have true thoughts of your own u are lost nobody has all the answers and he can only give u his view not the truth
This is an absolutely amazing lecture because he doesn't just dive into the subject. He outlines the way to approach it without thinking in boxes. Its a refresher for scientific and critical thinking abilities. Designed to help unravel a very complex and challenging subject. I think I'm going to be spending some quality hours here with the Dr. One of his lectures on KoKo the gorilla brought me to this playlist.
Coming back on that lecture, you're an absolute gem Robert Sapolsky. I've discovered this video a year ago, searched my way through the infite possibilities of life, finally started my bachelor in psychology, and I head on becoming a researcher in evolutionary psychology or something like that if things go well and if I still like it. Hopefully I see you some day at Stanford University
This is the best and most engaging first class of a coarse I have ever seen. Well done sir.
i am so grateful that this piece of gem is available on the internet for free! i was attracted to click on this video because of the sheer amount of views it had, I thought," what could be so great about this video?" now while watching this I realised that it is quite insightful and informative piece which is presented beautifully! Thanks Stanford for uploading this great lecture by Mr. Sapolsky.
Life changing and thought provoking, thank you for your passion in the subject !
This lecture is an example of how you are drawn to certain subjects in school solely because of the way it was taught. One can develop interest in any discipline just by learning from the good teachers. God bless you for making these lectures publicly available.
Your god had nothing to do with Prof. Sapolsky or Stanford providing these lectures.
Bingo!
I agree up to the last sentence.
@Dark Star King Then that’s why you either go to med school, complete residency & etc and become a psychiatrist, or complete a master’s and PhD and become a licensed psychologist. Or just become a teacher. Psychology has a lot of fields that it can work at: businesses & organizations, schools, government bodies, hospitals, etc. Especially since more people are open about mental health and willing to seek help which makes this occupation one of the better ones during these times.
I was bombing my grade 12 geography course. 30%. Then I dropped out of it and took it by correspondence. I got an A. I loved learning from the book. It was like reading National Geographic and I loved it, and finished in 7 weeks. The book was SO much better than my teacher.
I think we all underestimate the importance of teachers like professor Robert Sapolsky. A teacher, like him, not only tries to listen, see, and understand his students, but to also engage, educate, motivate and inspire his students. A great teacher wants to learn from his students and wants his students to ultimately surpass him and his work. He doesn't gatekeep, but enlightens others, seeks and invests in their full maturity and development. You can see he has passion and a sense of purpose and wants to guide others to their own success.
I'd forgotten how much I love psychology and education. This is a wonderful course. Thanks for posting!
This has been on my recommendation for over a year and I wish I clicked on it sooner!!!
He is extremely articulate and engaging, quite similar to Professor Jordan B. Peterson.
It's been a while since I've been in a class. But I think I've never been so hyped for the next session. This teacher really makes you interested about this subject, being a biochemist I love this matter but I think everyone can get into it just by watching this video
i've completed the full cycle of procrastination, going so far into the depths of not doing homework that i end up taking a stanford intro class on youtube
LMFAOOOOOOO
Hahahaha ... I like your thinking ...
@Stephen Owesney I Wait. 60 years to Learn The influence of. Chimie and. Biology
On pur. BRAIN ..
Vous n’aviez pas les IRM. (. Last. Génération)
Pour Étudier le Cerveau. Des Enfants élevés avec un Parent. Absent. …
Qui ne Fabrique pas les Cellules qui vont rendre plus Fort face à la Vie. …
But You. Know That. ! Thank . U. For the
Work. !
Loool, being here now, doin that 😄
Love the professor 😍👍👏👏 He is very stimulating and makes me want to sit in his classes for several subjects
Amazing teaching skills, and this whole course is a gold nugget! I'm approaching the course from the AI perspective and looking for what I can get out from this diverse set of related fields.
35:36 Wellesley effect - likely not a fact, all experiments seem to be disputed because of flaws
This man is brilliant truly an inspiration to see a person with passion for what they’re doing for a greater good no less
Amazing teaching skills, and this whole course is a gold nugget! I'm approaching the course from the AI perspective and looking for what I can get out from this diverse set of related fields.
35:36 Wellesley effect - likely not a fact, all experiments seem to be disputed because of flaws
The same for me, its also the case for animal studies,people have attempted to replicate the findings from the 80s but to no avail.
Interesting how ( if any one knows a specific word for this please tell me) previously valid information makes its way into society but over time is found out to be wrong.But we never become aware of the change and still hold certain ideas to be true.
My head is full of these false notions
An example being we only use 10% (or a small %age) of our brains which possibly has its origin in Dale Carnegie’s-How to Win Friends and Influence People. Or a least seems to be popularised by the book
Ya it was concluded in 2013 that it doesn't exist but this video is 11 years old, so it was recorded even before that. Also i was searching for some to comment on this cuz i had the same reaction!!
I'm not only in awe of his knowledge, but about his speaking skills as well. This was 1 hour of him constantly speaking without using any 'uuuhs', stopping words or hesitations in forming sentences...like he was reading out a book! Insanely good
word!
He has got no time for uhhs and ahhs. He is trying to compress a fraction of his knowledge into just 57 minutes.
Brillance in motion💪
51:19 ***
So thankful that I can listen to this and learn on my own time. Seriously such a great idea and so helpful and useful. Thank you all involved
I am a person with an academic background in plant sciences, have no idea how this field works but this lecture....!
This lecture is pretty old, however, I discovered it lately, fortunately. And I'll turn up for each single lecture by this person posted here! Awesome experience.....!
Absolutely amazing lecture, thank you for sharing. Totally fascinating and what a great lecturer.
I miss this at times, the pure joy of learning from someone like this.
This tutor is amazing. I was an English lit student haha... and I'm now here enchanted. He explains things so that they're understandable to all... I could take very many classes if he was my tutor
What a good lecturer. Tone changes, speed changes, jokes in interval, all while delivering succinct info
@First Edition hello, where do I find the opposite?.
@metningsnivå grow up
seriously! he’s great at lectures. i would not be bored by this at all.
Jokes in interval is actually a technique perfected by the KGB.
Which makes sense, since most of these Uni professors are marxists
Yes ,great character,just one problem,,, catagory#5 these great personality traits & or # 5,tend too be serial killers !! Oh, wait-- Cereal eater's, slightly different 🤗
I'd love to be able to get full access to this course. The professor is very likeable and what's more, he seems to care deeply about getting all the knowledge and information across to whoever is interested in having it. I think he is right in saying that this should be thought to everyone ( preferably not at gunpoint :D). At this moment I feel jealous of everyone who has had the chance to take this course.
Starting from 7:11 if you heard until then. It is at this moment the professor breaks it down in such a poetic answer, making you want to finish this lecture with intense attention
Alot of great insight coming from this professor, hes charismatic with his speaking but not in a scripted way, I can generally tell he enjoys whats he is doing and believes in his course.
This guy is such an amazing teacher! I now know what I missed out on not having attended Stanford. He is totally engaging, funny and interesting. It is like watching a Ted Talk. I can’t imagine him being this good on a daily basis. Lucky students!
I am a Stanford grad. Biology of Behavior with Sapolsky was my favorite class. High recommendation to "take" this class here on youtube. And you won't have to take notes or do the readings or take the exams either...just absorb the information.
For those of us who have been unfortunate in having missed out on attending Stanford, would you be able to post the reading list somewhere? Just thought I'd ask.
@Mark Ellermets - i just saw this for the first time, so sorry that i am answering so long after your post.... I am with you, in believing that there are free-will aspects to our lives (the universe needs some randomness). however, there are so many tiny things that you would think are free-will actions, yet, even when we make a choice to do something outside of our pre-programmed biology, it is our pre-programmed biology that decides what that 'something' different might be. LOL
my favorite proof is the twins example -- where the 2 twins who had been separated their whole life had some strange quirks that were unique to them (such as needing to flush a toilet twice). it's really odd how such a trivial act can be so set in humans due to our biology. ;)
@Sylvia Skinner - Hi. I don't think anyone answered you, so even tho it's been so long, i will. The prof asked the question as if he didn't expect anyone to agree with evolution because he didn't want to lead (aka bias) the class into thinking he expected them to agree with evolution. A student who doesn't believe in it will assume the college professor does, and therefore would be reluctant to admit non-belief. however, given the prof asks it in a way that sounds like he expects someone to not believe, a non-believer would feel safe to raise their hand.
@Serpentine S how does nature vs nurture remove the individuality of a human? Even ants are individuals.... or wait, what category are you thinking in at the moment? Do you mean individuals as in being able to think for ourselves, transcending our nature and nurture due to our complex conciousness, or individuals as in DNA? Or individuals as in having different facial features?
There's a fuck ton of ways to see ourselves as individuals.... so what category do you fit in?
@Will Sani But his entire class is something very complicated boiled down to a simple category... Human Behavioral Biology 🤣
Nuanced would be listing genetics, biochemistry, physiology, etc all the categories within human biology that helps determine behavior. Saying a simple/lazy mind will fight complexity is simple/lazy minded since there's an evolutionary and logical reason to why humans generally favors simplicity. I assume you are smart enough to know what I'm talking about.
There's also danger in over-complicating things....
This was an incredible biology lecture, I WISH I had this class/ course. This professor seems So amazing, I truly wish I had him as my professor. But, I’m going to community college for my Associates of Biology but, can’t take a bio class till next semester.
I started the day with this lecture then listened to the following lectures for the rest of the day.
This guy is brilliant.
I really encourage everyone to follow through with the rest of these lectures.
I'm an Accountant that's "taken" LOL all of the free TheXvid courses by this Prof (I've watched ALL if his this series two or three times) & various others SEVERAL TIMES over the years. Thank you‼️
I would absolutely enjoy taking this course. Props to this professor.
The fact that the fall semester just finished and I was stressing out about school so happy it's finally over, then the next day I'm sat here voluntarily watching this whole thing speaks volumes to how good this professor is
This is so impressive. I love it so much.
@Sara Garcia it starts again soon 😢 dread
I'm currently doing that same thing right now hahaha
One of the best lectures I have listened to. Endlessly engaging, at least to me.
I am so excited to have found this! I am really, really looking forward to watching the lectures! Thank you very much for sharing!
I would have loved to have a professor like him when I was in college.
I'm a first year psychology student and this course is a blessing! I was looking for behavioral biology explanations for things we as humans do and why we do it. first lecture has opened my mind not to think in categories and everything here is beneficial! Thank you very much for uploading this, I'm looking forward to listening to more. I have no doubt that this is going to be a very advantageous for my professional growth.
I started watching this playlist some five years ago... I'm now a grad student... in neuroscience. Sapolsky... this very video, actually... was my first introduction to the field... that field became my life. Returning to this is a crazy experience.
Bouren.
Congrats!
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They didn't teach how to writte properly, tho.
Woah!! Congratulations! That is inspiring!
Human Behavioral Biology is one of the best and influential university courses I have ever encountered. Thank you Dr. Sapolsky, thank you Stanford.
Amazing. Thanks TheXvid for keeping score of this, you are a true treasure to humanity. Thanks Stanford for sharing all this for free , you are showing the way. And of course, thanks professor, you have this rare talent to make knowledge and sexy and uncanny. You scream intelligence and humbleness combined. Wish I had science teachers like you in my youth…
This guy is one absolutely cool teacher. I would love to be in his class.
This is a gem of a lecture, what a joy !
The fact that this is available to anyone who has an internet connection is what it means to be truly connected to the rest of the world and its knowledge. and also, this guy probably kills it at social gatherings.
Key being having an internet connection. Not everyone has the priviligie to have one oor have a reliable one.
Don’t tell Americans. They want the degree without attending
@awejelo15 Social anxiety sucks. Props to you for doing such an excellent job. Keep it up! :p
@Chaotic floral arrangement butterfly affect 🥰
Yes it is a great breakthrough and allows for many to get a better education if they deem to do so. but some will be reluctant like this tommy tooter who called DR. Sapolsky a ghoul for his stance on religion and said he was in Kenya carving on gorilla brains.. in several of his delusional videos. last one being a female child was born. They do not go by biology instead they will to believe anything off tumblr
I watched this video when I was in high school and it was the reason why I decided to take AP Biology. Today I'm almost done with medical school. Dr. Sapolsky, I owe you more than you know!
I really appreciate the free access to these wonderful lectures. Thank you so much for the education
The way he explains everything 🙂 Awesome teacher!! ❤️Makes wanna go back to school….
Sapolsky profoundly brilliant lecturer..crystal clear layering of intellectual thinking
this guys looks exactly like what you'd expect a professor of human behavioral biology would look like
You NEED TO STOP THINKING SO CATEGORICALLY
It's a copy cat syndrome of fitting in with like minded peers.
Cops have crew cuts or bald etc
Where you live also same like minded mimic attire
You would expect so muscular?
@silverbackhayabusa nooo, not our little precious fragile and endangered traditional thinking :c
Blessed to be able to listen to these lectures! Thank you so much!
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i strongly recommend him he's trustworthy he ship to any location man he got all kinds of psychedelic product
OMG - I study in four different countries biotechnology but no teacher gets me on board in the first round! Perfectly explaining!
I just stumbled on this. I'll be following the rest of this series, so well presented. I had read 'Chaos' years ago. Now I'm retired and have some time for re-acquainting myself with a number of fields.
In a more ambitious period of my life, I aspired to be a psychology professor just like this. The best teachers are ones who are excited about their specialization. They have an enthusiasm that feels so much more authentic.
This just made me realize that I really haven’t had that many good teachers in my life
That's very rare
Or maybe you were a bad student
I have a few when i was in university. One sociology professor, the other one teaches linguistics.
@Liz Calas that’s called Aura it’s a human sense you can detect weak people or Alphas or leaders in a group just by the way they carry themselves
Throughout highschool, I believe that I could have taught the classes below me better than many of my teachers could teach me. And I don't even consider myself so smart. It is hard to be a teacher and you need to want it.
This guy knows it all. Absolute love his skill set
Professor por favor onde posso encontrar o material das aulas?
Great course, thank you!
this class was so simple yet so out the box. fun fact: when he said imagine your heart stpping and your body turning blue I felt it too real...he is very convincing
Whenever he starts to explain something and you dont fully get what that really means in real life, he goes „let me give you an example“ and thats just brilliant!
@gingerbill128 - Same here. I usually follow up things like these with "For example" or "Like, if.." and give a real life scenario or situation.
A teacher teaching for life and not a scantron, wish there was more of it
I wish my all teachers taught like this in school, it makes it so much easier to learn!
When you needed examples this is not your place bro #facts😂🤷♀️
a sales technique - agree
Watched this lecture for the first time about 3 years ago in highschool. I am now only a couple semesters away from finishing my Behavioral Neuroscience degree. Butterfly effect in full force.
As a native speaker of Finnish, I can refute the example given by Sapolsky here. We in fact do differentiate between the sounds of b and p. We call the former the hard p and the latter the soft p. The confusion must be because of the letter b doesn't naturally occur in Finnish but we do have few loan words that have that letter/sound in them or alternatively the particular dialect the person in question had been grown in that Sapolsky was talking to didn't differentiate between the sounds of b and p. I'm a Southern Finnish speaker and an example of we differentiating these sounds would be banaani (a banana) and paeta (to escape). You wouldn't pronounce the letters b and p in the same way here at all. But in a more similar manner as would any English speaker do. P having a much harder and harsher quality to it and b having a much softer and thicker quality to it.
I think a more appropriate example of this phenomenon would be Japanese not differentiating between the sounds of r and l that are found in so many other languages, including English. That is why the English words pray and play would both be romanized as プレー (puree). The sound represented here as p and r would aurally sound a mix between the sounds or l and r.
If you take Spanish, at least that spoken in Spain, Spanish people cannot distinguish between B and V uttered at the beginning of a word.. I have pronounced 'viaje' (voyage or journey) with both a b sound and a v sound at the beginning of this word and Have been told by Spanish speakers that there is no difference.
Thanks for the info!
I was researching this right after the part. I actually don't know a lot about the Finnish language, other than that I like what it sounds like. However I was well aware of the fact that "p" is used a lot in the Finnish language. I couldn't find a lot words including "b", but in those I found, the "b" was pronounced like it is in the English language. Furthermore, since I already knew that Finnish uses the "p"-sound like the English language does, I was a bit confused at the thought of why, as a Finnish person, you should mispronounce "pear" as "bear". It would make much more sense the other way round, if "b" is the less common sound. So this story either had nothing to do with the person he talked about being Finnish, or it's made up for entertainment purposes (which I wouldn't find that bad, some of my professors did this too, and it often was obvious that it's made up).
I find these lectures very interesting, but there were other points that, unfortunately, take away some of the credibility of this man. Like that the theory and studies about synchronizing ovulation in hamsters and especially humans have been doubted, couldn't often be reproduced and seem very flawed.
Amazing that I found this very smart guy that confirms all my similar theories and ideas. Thank you for your knowledge.
I'm so grateful to MIT for providing such high quality course for free. I truly appreciate it.
This would have to be the most appreciative comments section I have seen anywhere. Proof that most of us thirst for real knowledge because we are unsatiated by the daily sources of "knowledge". This professor nailed his role. Articulate, intelligent and witty while having an appearance that invites your attention. Best thing I have seen on TheXvid to date, solely for the good it passed on to so many people.
I agree, and I would recommend Richard D. Wolff lectures for the same reason
"Most of us" seems to be a rather ignorant, or maybe just ignorantly hopeful, proclamation. There's certainly no proof here.
I have a sister seeking a masters in western psych. She herself is an addict and her kids all have sexual identity issues as well as suicidal tendencies. She claimed not to be ABLE to go to her exes wedding bcuz she felt it unfair for him to be in a happy life when he was the reason she didn't have a happy life now....she's one who tries to fit in and so when in the home of those who care not to fit in she attempts to remove babies from their loving mothers in demand that they will not thrive socially....this is venango county Pennsylvania
Lmao this is my therapy
You can't be smart or be nice. I am not offended by the opinion of nonentities
Hermosa elección ❤️ xxlike.Uno
de los mejores 😘
21:21 Senada: "Hermoso"
21:24 Megan: "Hotter"
24:23 Hopi: "Sweeter"
25:27 Joonie: "Cooler"
20:23 Yoongi: "Butter"
23:26 Amor: "Momentos"
17:51 Son unos de los mejores conciertos 🖤
20:26 Megan: "Hotter"
10:25 Alana: "Awesome"
11:24 Belleza doops
35:23 Son unos de los mejores conciertos, no puede ir pero de tan solo verlos desde pantalla, se que estuvo sorprendente 🖤
10:32 Hopi: "Sweeter" A6Ta
I wish i had teachers as prepared and interesting as him
26:16 great quote, although there's a lot more that goes on, it still has a point
I could listen to this guy all day! Great teacher
I would turn up for every single one of Robert Sapolskys lectures. The guy is the definition of an engaging educator.
Yes, indeed!!!
@Self-Righteous Ideologue he said “turn up for” not “turn it up”
How much would you turn it up? To the max volume? Just about max? Midway? Details please
....you scared me with that fly
If you're interested, I put these in order in a playlist! Not all are by professor Sapolsky but the commenters are positive about the other professors too. thexvid.com/p/PLXFwDsw-p5GOf2OTPZPr28b4DkSpMtYlE
i wish i watched this video before choosing medecine as my profession ,, now i'm a nephrologist but my heart always goes to psychologie and neuroscience ,, as a non english speaker i found this lecture so simple and easy to follow ^^hello from morocco
I'm grateful for all of this wisdom 🙏🙏🙏
First time I ever heard the name of a course and thought “that would be sick” I wish more of this was talked about when I was in school
This video motivated me to get my masters degree in Biology! thank you!
“And you get a bagel with cream cheese” this man not only taught his class but he rewarded and fed them, now that’s a legend.
The cream cheese had ricin in it
Prof so happy he gave away his own breakfast.
@I am a Pokerface if that’s cringe to you then I suggest getting a life or if you claim you do have one then try making friends, maybe one day even venture enough to possibly get a relationship! Trust me there’s more to the world then virtual interactions. Take care kid :)
legend for what such a cringe comment
@MADHAV the_ebullient_storm SARAF heres anothers perspective. The Finish guy told him to practice doing testiclar biopsies on a bear. The Finish social/cultural/psychological programming had taught his hearing not to catagorise the diff between the sound of p & b. So he could only imagine he was saying "practice on a pear" when in actuality he was saying "bear". Language filters can cause a barrier to hearing sounds correctly and many other forms of sense data.
Our brain often categorises incorrectly according to socially indoctrinated filters. This means we also sometime lay an incorrect catagory over sensately experiential facts and are unable to discern that we have done so. Thus we often cannot hear or see or smell etc actual facticity because we arent free of catagorical barriers.
I got the lobotomy question before anyone in the class.
What a great professor.
Wow he is an incredible teacher! Amazing video
I wish I could go back 15 years and attend college classes like this.. so interesting.
This is the kind of professor I aim to be, what a fantastic guy
Can this guy teach everything? He is so concise, calm and articulated. He makes me want to go back to school.
@Senor Lopez I don't think any of us "puny humans" can fully grasp the concept of God. If we could, then we too would be gods (in theory). The part where it's insinuated that religious people aren't intelligent, is where you say" I assume most educated people are agnostic". Not giving themselves totally and unconditionally to a single loving God. I'm aware of how the Bible was comprised, and who put it all together. Sometimes things don't make sense to us, but to the supreme controller, everything is understood by he/she. We are but mortals, talking about things which we do not fully comprehend. I consider the evidence, and formulate my "opinions" from that, I also don't try to force my beliefs on anyone, or put them down for their own beliefs. When I was young I used to believe in greek mythology. Maybe all religions are based off of the tablets of Thoth...? Idk, anything is possible. I believe in God, but upon the existence of new evidence, I could be interpreted as "agnostic" also. I hate putting any one thing into a single box. Lot of variables, and 2000 years is a long time for something to get lost in translation. But if there is a creator, I'm sure the book He has intended for us to have, is the one that He also produced. Even if it was through us "puny humans". Have a great day 😎
Agnosticism is a belief that the existence of a god or God is unknowable or unknown, nowhere does that insinuate they aren't religious.
@It's_All_Fugazi Where did I say that intelligent people don't believe in God? I'll elaborate on my point since it doesn't seem to have hit the mark I wanted it to, educated people are more likely to be open to other ideas rather than the blind "faith" that the church would prefer you to have.
I also want to go back to school for almost the same considerations
@It's_All_Fugazi I don't know whether you are referring to me but I don't see any correlation between being intelligent and belief in God, which implies that neither do I recognize any causal relationship.
This professor is amazing.
A professor who makes us thirsty to dive in subject! Here's the man Sir Sapolsky for you!!
This video came up after watching a chemistry lab and I can't click off. I wish all professors were like this! I want to be in his class because this is someone I want to learn from!
I've always been amazed about how teachers can talk continuously for 1 hour about something that can be summarised in 1 sentence.
Lecture One Notes
57 Minutes
Minutes 1-10:
- Professor describes a circumstance in which a male with no history of inappropriate behavior begins to act out of character. He acts in a way that displays violence, illegal sexual activity and rash decisions that lack logic. The professor justifies the presence of this behavior by attributing it to a genetic mutation.
- The Professor presents four subjects and asks the class what they all have in common.
1. A woman being on her period
2. A brain tumor
3. Junk food
4. Anabolic Steroids
- The thing the four topics stated above have in common is that they have all been used as reasons to justify murder in a court of law
- The point of this example is to present evidence that the actions of the body directly affect the actions of the brain and, thus, contribute to behavior
1. A woman being on her period (hormonal changes lead to aggressive behavior)
2. A brain tumor (Effects on the amygdala lead to behavior that is typically out of character)
3. Junk food (Causes dangerous changes in blood sugar level which lead to behavioral alterations)
4. Anabolic Steroids (Large scale hormonal changes which lead to behavioral alterations)
- Professor ends first ten minutes of lecture by stating the point of the course. The point of the course is, in part, to understand the relationship between the brain, the body and behavior under various complex circumstances.
Minutes 11-20:
- The next ten minutes is spent discussing an issue that arises when one attempts to understand the relationship between the brain, body and behavior. That issue is singular categorical thinking. Categorical thinking is approaching the situation and only considering one variable that may be attributing to behavior.
- The benefit of categorical thinking is at times it can give humans needed structure to approach a topic.
- The negative side of categorical thinking regarding this course are as follows:
“When you pay attention to categorical boundaries you do not see big pictures.”
“When you think categorically you underestimate how different two facts are when they fall in the same category.”
“When you think in categories you can overestimate how different two things are when there is a boundary in between them.”
Minutes 21-30:
- Professor begins the next ten minutes of class by reiterating the goal of this class “The goal of this class is to take this big complex issue of behavior without falling into thinking in categories.”
- The professor then gives examples of people who thought categorically and the flaws that followed because of such.
• “ Give me a child at birth from any background and let me control the environment in which it is raised and I will turn him into anything I wish him to be whether doctor, lawyer, beggar or thief.” John Watson
John Watson was one of the founders for the school of behaviorism.
He believed that you could dictate a person’s development via their environment. However, the professor points out the obvious flaws in this train of thought.
• “Normal physic life depends upon the good function of brain synapses and the mental disorders appear as a result of synaptic derangements. Synaptic adjustments will then modify corresponding ideas and force them into differing channels. Using this approach, we obtain curers and improvements but no failures.” Antonio Egas Moniz (Famous Portuguese Neurologist who developed and received a Noble Peace Prize for developing Frontal Lobotomies)
Synaptic Adjustments= Frontal Lobotomies
The speaker of this quote did unnecessary damage to the brains of hundred because he was thinking in a singular categorical fashion.
• “The selection for social utility must be accomplished by some social institution if mankind is not to be ruined by domesticated induced degeneracy. The racial idea is the basis of our state and has already accomplished much. In this respect we may, and we must rely on the healthy instincts of the best of our people; for the extermination of elements of the population loaded with dregs.” Conrad Lorenz (One of the founding fathers of the Ethology/Nazi Propagandist)
The errors in Conrad Lorenz Nazi styled categorical thinking patterns are obvious given the mass genocide that followed similar categorical thought patterns.
- After these three examples are given the professor clarifies that this is not the way in which we will approach analysis behavior.
- The way in which the professor states behavior needs to be analyzed is as follows:
1.) Address what the behavior looks like.
2.) Address what went on neurologically one second before the behavior took place.
3.) Address what environment stimuli provoked that neurological response.
4.) Address what hormone level was presence for the organism to be affected by the environment int hat way.
5.) Address the gene that was coded for that hormone and how the structure of that gene may affect that hormonal response.
6.) After accessing genetic coding note how pre-natal development may have affect that genetic coding.
- The idea is to not get caught in a singular categorical way of thinking, but to see the overwhelming nuance and various factors of why an organism behaves in the manner it does.
- The professor concludes this segment of ten minutes with depositing the question of what is the purpose of a chicken? The answer being that the chicken is just the eggs way of creating another egg.
Minutes 31-40:
- The professor uses this segment of ten minutes to address the three intellectual challenges you as a student may have in not thinking categorically. The three challenges are as follows:
1.) Understanding and Accepting that man is just like any other species.
• The professor gives the example of how female hamsters and homo sapiens have menstrual cycles that will sync up when in close living conditions. The name of this phenomenon is called the Wellesley Affect and the McClintok Effect.
2.) Accepting that as a species we have a similar physiology to other species, but we utilize it at times in a way completely different from any other species.
• The example that is given to support this is the way in which calories are burned. A chess player can burn the same number of calories as a full-grown chimp killing a predator. Same physiology but, at times, utilized in a completely different way.
3.) As a species we have similar physiology to other species but, at times, completely different behavioral patterns.
• Example given to support this point is the mating ritual of homo sapiens versus that of hippos.
Minutes 41-50:
- Professor describes that the first portion of the course will be identifying each category used to dissect behavior.
- Professor describes that the second part of the course will be used as an opportunity to use the categories you just learned to explain and ration various human behavior.
- Books assigned:
• “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” Robert Sapolsky
• “Chaos” James Gleick
- This segment of ten is concluded with the professor promoting Chaos by saying that it perfectly communicates the concept that human behavior is not something you can understand and fix by breaking it apart into its most small pieces and putting it back together but must be understood in the way a the structure and function of a cloud is.
Minutes 51-57:
- Last few minutes of the class are the professor detailing the structure of the class for the following semester.
*actions of the brain directly affect the actions of the body, thus contributing to the behavior.
Everything else is on point 👌
Imagine this person being the person with the notes and you saying “hey I lost my notes can I see yours real quick?”
🙏
@clutchitup 856
Lol
I've never felt more at home than I have sitting back and listening to his lectures reminding me that my tribe is out there somewhere sharing the same understandings I've felt so isolated possessing in a region like the bible belts Appalachian Mountains.
35:29 He is right in pointing out that often humans are just as ordinary as any other species but this specific example is still being debated today
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_synchrony
Of all the professors I have had… this one.. This is the one. Legendary
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I have been a dog groomer for nearly 30 years and in the process of teaching them to cope with a process that can induce fear and anxiety of which that is the most unnatural process one species can perform on another.....while awake and aware - and whom is the most unnatural species on the planet as genetically they are the wolf......well, they have become my gurus and have taught me not just dog psychology but help me understand and make sense of human psychology and also behavior. Boy, that was one long sentence!! Tried to get as much info in as possible.....what I am trying to say is - dogs have taught me more about being human than any human....well, other than myself and learning to read the patterns of feelings, emotions and how my gut instinct, vagas nerve, pituitary and amygdala interact with the dogs same systems well, is absolutely amazing. Beast on beast interaction but with me coaching, encouraging and instilling calm and stability. I never blame a dog for any behavior they give me thus I feel the same with ppl.....fear, unmet needs, isolation, depravity, environment, genetics and epigenetics play a huge role in triggers of behavior. I am curious about human behavior.....innately so! Curiosity is where it's at!! I found Sapolsky utterly engaging and would have loved to take the course or have an in-depth conversation. Will look for his book.....
This is the guy in every natural disaster/apocalyptic movie that makes an earth-shattering discovery that no one pays attention to; everyone dismisses him because he's a philosophical lecturer with a hippie beard -- but then the main hero notices something off, investigates and finds him, and together they make up the brains/brawn duo that saves the day. Bada-bing bada-boom.
You're literally thinking about independence day with Will Smith and the professor is the Jewish guy who's dad prays in Hebrew towards the end.
what did you learn then
@BEAUTYnIQ lay off the ethylene glycol iiwy
Wow! I wish I had a professor like him.
I always recommend this series and his book Behave to my students.
This guy is 👏 my prayers goes to him and everyone in that class I'm so Envy!
I'm reading Sapolsky's book "Behave" and I had to Come back to this video, the reason I fell in love with this brilliant man. I never had lecturers like this in University and I imagine id have been a much better student if I did. I absolutely love learning from him.
The basic quality of a teacher is to provoke interest in his/her students on the subject if not it's their first failure, Here's one guy who really did that, absolutely riveting!
He isnt even my teacher, I am some random 42yr old in Africa. Robert Sapolsky is so good, this is my idea of evening entertainment
@E Jon bet you’re a dude
@01 02 Absolutely. What a crap load!
Yeah I've had only like 4 out 50 teachers like that in my life
you can just say "their/them/they" instead of "his/her"