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Audio Lectures

The materials on this page are representative of the work and pedagogy developed by Prof. Gerald Schneider.


Lecture 1: Animals in Human History, Amateur and Professional Studies

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Lecture 3: Introduction to Ethology, Tinbergen's Questions; Field Studies of Birds

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Lecture 4: Lorenz' Jackdaws

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Lecture 5: Ethology of Geese; FAPs and CNS

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Lecture 7: Motivation (cont.)

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Lecture 8: Lorenz on FAPs

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Lecture 9: Lorenz on IRMs

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Lecture 10: Models, Hierarchies and Chains of Action Patterns

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Lecture 11: Spatial Orientation, Multiple Motivations

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Lecture 13: Evolution of Behavior, Genes, Learning

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Lecture 14: Navigation, Migration, Communication

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Lecture 16: Foraging

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Lecture 17: Anti-predator Behavior

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Lecture 18: Anti-predator Behavior (cont.)

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Lecture 20: Mating & Reproduction, Intro

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Lecture 21: Sociobiology Intro

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Lecture 22: Sociobiology Subject Matter

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Lecture 23: Genes and behaviors

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Lecture 24: Sociobiology and Science

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Lecture 25: Discoveries of Sociobiology

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Lecture 27: Discoveries of Sociobiology

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Lecture 29: Cultural Determinism and Sociobiology

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Lecture 30: Sociobiology and Culture

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Lecture 32: Practical Issues in Study of Adaptation

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Lecture 33: The Triumph of Sociobiology

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Lecture 36: Lorenz on Learning

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Lecture 37: Exam Review Session

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