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MIT 9.20 Animal Behavior, Fall 2013

by MIT OpenCourseWare · 25 videos

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17h 25m

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1.5×11h 36m 43s
1.75×9h 57m 11s
2×8h 42m 33s
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Longest52m 36s
Shortest4m 56s
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1 Lec1: Introduction to animal behavior and how it is studied 49:34 2023-10-19
2 Lec2: Introduction to ethology 4:56 2023-10-19
3 Lec4: Ethology and Konrad Lorenz' Jackdaws 48:51 2023-10-19
4 Lec6: Fixed action patterns and central nervous system 50:04 2023-10-19
5 Lec8: Innate behaviors, motivation and fundamentals of ethology 51:58 2023-10-19
6 Lec9: Lorenz on fundamental ethology, part 1 51:23 2023-10-19
7 Lec10: Lorenz on fundamental ethology, part 2 48:58 2023-10-19
8 Lec11: Lorenz on fundamentals of ethology, part 3 45:58 2023-10-19
9 Lec12: Evolution and the development and plasticity of behavior, part 1 36:19 2023-10-19
10 Lec13: Evolution and the development and plasticity of behavior, part 2 52:36 2023-10-19
11 Lec14: Communication and Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert, part 1 26:06 2023-10-19
12 Lec15: Communication and Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert, part 2 27:27 2023-10-19
13 Lec16: Foraging behaviors 49:11 2023-10-19
14 Lec17: Anti-predator behavior 26:42 2023-10-19
15 Lec18: Mating and reproduction 50:51 2023-10-19
16 Lec20: Sociobiology 51:21 2023-10-19
17 Lec21: Genetic influences on social behavior 39:12 2023-10-19
18 Lec23: Sociobiology, mating behaviors and scientific method 39:18 2023-10-19
19 Lec24: Discoveries of sociobiology 48:13 2023-10-19
20 Lec25: Cultural determinism and sociobiology 46:00 2023-10-19
21 Lec26: Critique of cultural determinism 43:52 2023-10-19
22 Lec27: Sociobiology and culture 45:47 2023-10-19
23 Lec28: Triumph of sociobiology and learning 47:07 2023-10-19
24 Lec29: Konrad Lorenz on learning, part 2 50:10 2023-10-19
25 Lec30: Konrad Lorenz on learning, part 3 13:11 2023-10-19

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