i've completed the full cycle of procrastination, going so far into the depths of not doing homework that i end up watching a stanford intro class on youtube
And its even more ironic when you think it's a Stanford lecture on human behavior which encompasses your procrastination. You might be biting the bullet more than you think, in the long run lol
I only wish I could talk to him, and have him mark my work, that would be amazing, its the ability to access the teachers that make this education so valuable, they are instrumental in the learning, although I am enjoying this lecture :) this is amazing
@@LaLfixx youtube does it but someone put english subtitles too. If you look there is two options for subtitles/ CC, one is automatic (with some errors) and the one is English CC, which is very exact and correct. Someone took their time and wrote subtitles lol
Facts - plus this mans giving out bagels with cream cheese and I'm just wishing I had more profs like this. Had a few but still, I can count them on one hand and by and large most were just so dry and uninspired. It seems as if so many professors nowadays just purchase textbooks, assignments and slide packages for their courses, feels lazy. I swear people appease their professors and have to find their own actual mentors/professors in their free time. It's so hard to learn anything when It's unengaging
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.
This is a UA-cam rabbit hole with massive benefits for exploring. I did find it ironic though that he is explaining that the science is pointing to the fact that science isn't the best tool for describing behavior. What makes Dr Sapolsky so effective though I think is that he doesn't teach in a linear or analytical way. His talks are full of inference, analogy and humor, making the knowledge gained connect more broadly with the listener's own experience. He also seems to be a some sort of wizard at pushing limbic buttons at opportune times to make things memorable. He is truly a master teacher on so many levels.
As someone who possessed neither the academic skills nor the financial means to attend a prestigious university as a young adult, it is not lost on me now at age 51 just how absolutely incredible it is that the entirety of the world's knowledge is available to me with just a few clicks. I will never not be in awe of it.
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.
The truth has been spoken. 🐐 👏🏻 I don't like being tested in any way, shape, or form, and back in school, whether I was excellent at a subject or not, I would always try to get out of the classroom as soon as possible during exams. It's weird how I have this kind of seemingly counter-productive stubbornness when I'm being tested by an individual or an institution, whereas on my own free time, I would happily choose to learn about something, and revisit it over and over until it's stuck. I literally find myself learning about new stuff every day, and the fact that there are no tests involved makes me feel like an old school knowledge seeker from back where institutions weren't a thing. I have no degrees (I left my original mediocre high school degree at the university when I decided to drop out unannounced after passing all my first-semester exams with flying colors), and yet I helped people from all over the world with all kinds of tech problems. I never thought in a million years that something that I started learning on my own when I was a teenager would one day lead to helping a business owner with a 5-million-dollar income. My English teacher back in high school once said to a supervisor, and his assistant - out of the blue - while I was there, "The thing about Ahmed is that he's very opinionated." Before that, he was like, "I brought the guy who's gonna fix your computer, guys." And I was like, "But that wasn't our agreement, Teach!" Since I asked him to come with me to speed up the bureaucratic process of getting a copy of my school certificate. 😅 I ended up removing malware manually from the supervisor's computer, optimizing the system, and filling out the whole school certificate myself in like a minute, which made me wonder, "Wow, and they say I have to wait from Monday through Thursday for this? Goddamn bureaucrats!" 😂 It's one of my earliest memories as an IT guy. I remember while I was working on their potato PC, the supervisor being so condescending like, "Well, what you're [capable of] doing isn't really 'in parallel' of what we teach at the school." as if that were a bad thing. Since I never miss a chance to be sassy, I was like, "Well, if I relied on what we're taught here, I'd still be struggling to differentiate between a mouse, and a keyboard." And then he said, "Well, but you skip school to learn these things, and that's not good." And I was like, "Well, you're not the one in class every day, having to deal with annoyingly talkative students who don't even know how to put their pens down without making noise. As far as I'm concerned, skipping school to learn really interesting stuff is always worth it." And then he just shook his head in disapproval. Thing is, that supervisor knew my dad very well, so I always assumed he just liked to play the devil's advocate, while also trying to avoid giving those who are around the impression that there's some kind of favoritism involved; I actually appreciate people like that, because I don't want people to treat me in a certain way just because they know my dad, and I'm too unapologetic to care, because just like many people survive by being dishonest, and evasive, I survive by being honest, and direct. Finally, Thank you, aletter1718, for being the reason I wrote all this. 😁🙏🏻
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
The way he explains everything with humor and making sure even the slowest of students can get it right makes him one of the best teachers I have ever seen. I will have to watch the other 25 videos now lol
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!
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!
be careful..because, as I commented in my OP here: he's 100% wrong about what he said about the synchronization of the menses of women, how it happens. so, please don't go spreading around what he said about that. he has no idea what he's talking about.
Some professors have a gift. Not only can they teach but they do it in a way that captures the audience and draws them in. That alone helps students remember course material. Some professors are so influential, they can point one to a new major.
Half of my teachers in what in my country is the equivalent of senior high school were confirmed alcoholics (i.e. they did not do a good job of hiding it). The majority of them were slow and drowsy throughout the day while some of them even got violent regularly; though, while they were not allowed to touch students, there was seemingly no law that prohibited throwing things at students or yelling at them from a micro-wave-length distance. While this was a fun distraction for the usual suspects (daredevils and class clowns, you might call them), some of the more fragile individuals regularly went home crying. I remember a particularly choleric teacher-on-the-bottle, the class of whom I dreaded because, idiot I am, I was seated in the front row. He was pretty much hated by everyone, but he always kept his cool around other teachers, and so we, the students, were stuck with him for eternity, or so we thought. Long story short, he died during one summer vacation (amazingly enough, not due to liver failure). When news got around, virtually the entire student body that had had classes with him, threw impromptu parties to commemorate the occasion. It was one of those reality-is-weirder-than-fiction, ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead moments. The abscence of that loathsome teacher markedly improved the mood in the entire school, though, I have to say. The following school year, for the first time, we got a chemistry teacher, who was not chasing Jack. Which I thought impossible, but there you go. Even now, over a decade later, I hear stories of former teachers of mine, their fondness for liquor of which I either was not aware at the time of their teaching or who later became dependent on ethanol-rich drinks. Sometimes, jokingly, I believe that alcoholism was an entry requirement for that particular school.
I'm Brazilian and I was feeling a little bit down for lacking money to study abroad using my university program. However, here I am watching this astonishing lecture. I loved this professor and I feel so excited to learn again🥺🤩
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.
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.
If putting these videos up for free was the professors idea then he made a damn good choice. I actually agree with him on his opinion that everyone should learn about the content in the video and the videos following this one. The world’s broken rn and the best anyone can do is use their brain to understand their morality and how they can help other people to help themselves. It was never going at it solo, it’s how you can help the world to which it can help you some day in return
It's pretty neat that anyone who's interested can get a bit of knowledge for no cost. You don't get the degree like the students, but you get some good coffee shop banter
Maybe yes, maybe no. My students were surprised to learn that I had social anxiety. They asked, " How can you teach so well?" I said, "I know what to say when I teach."
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
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
Every human should listen to this entire series. It gives you so much insight into human anthropology, behavior etc. These videos are pretty old at this point but nonetheless pertinent. I think Sapolsky is still alive and there's absolutely nothing boring about listening to him, he keeps things moving right along, and a bit of humor gets thrown in here and there. I'm so thankful this series was conserved for humanity.
stanford: really hard to get into and 70k per year. also stanford: giving out their most interesting course for free on youtube. people in 2021: we're bored so yeah we're here.
Consider it as free advertisement. It encourages people to compete more for entrance into Stanford whether it is young who want to study or adults that encourage others to send their children into Stanford.
@@comprehendnature2404 Free education on UA-cam. I guess you could pay tens of thousands of dollars per year for what you can get for free on the internet. Maybe you’re paying for a piece of paper that influences other people. I’m sure it’s worth the price for some people.
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.
Brazilian here! Learning from Stanford lectures... I could have never dreamt of it when I was in my teens craving for quality information! Internet is something!
Funny that you mention that. Because the way be can continually speak in such a way had me initially wondering if he on the spectrum if autism. But he's probably just comfortable in the subject and setting. See what my brain's doing? Buckets
@@rider2731 comon you enjoy his talk and ability to pass on HIS knowledge, is beard is cool, but apart of that. would we rather be though by a moron in a tie clean shaved, who stands talking but can pass on the teaching? those are the majority , that's why people quit Uni, but Teachers like are the best with or without beard. keep well and enjoy the learning
@@Its-a-me-maddy The Finnish man pronounces P as B. Their intonation sounds like they are saying Bear, but in reality, they are actually pronouncing Pear.
What a brilliant opening. Elaborates on a scenario and brings attention to the mystery of it's reasons. Then presents a number of interesting proposals in quick succession, establishing the kind of things that are to be discussed in the lectures and implicitly saying these are to be discussed later on. He executes it so well.
He said the worst quote is from the Nationalsocialists. Yet after that quote, looking carefully at our modern Society and World... it turned out to be correct. You can hate it, you can deny it... but the reality is that we live in a Society that strives for Human degeneration on all aspects of Society and Social Integrity. The World is in a constant Downfall. ""Es ist notwendig das ich für mein Volk sterbe, aber mein Geist wird sich erheben aus dem Grab und die Welt wird wissen, daß ich recht hatte"
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.
@@rogerbalmaceda7762 me too, took the class in '96. I think this class showed me as an overarching theme, to really think critically about nuance. Most complicated things in life can not be boiled down to simple binary things. 'yes' or 'no'. 'nature' or 'nurture'. A simple/lazy mind will fight complexity by going down this default route. Fight this in your own mind!
@@willzsportscards Do you think determinism is binary? Or do you think it explains all human behaviour, or could explain all human behaviour if we had access to all the variables involved?
Maybe because it can be understood by a 5th grader. Fun stories are great and entertaining but they don’t provide complex skills that we expect to learn in a school of ‘quality.
I did at Northern AZ University. Graduated in ‘97. I feel so lucky for those amazing professors. That’s why I love sapolsky, so familiar and wonderful.
I am an extremely old senior citizen and did not have the $$$ to attend college. Now I can say I attended a class at Stanford As the saying goes it's never to late to learn something. I found this quite interesting. Thank you for being alive to learn something on the internet and U Tube.
Where I'm from (NZ) lectures are completely free and you can turn up to any lecture you want as the times are posted online. The thing you pay for in NZ is the exams and the degree, pretty cool
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.
For 11 years I've been coming back to this. It is still one of the most profound learning experiences available. Sapolsky its truly one of the finest human gems we had a chance to share time with on this planet.
Do you know anything about the downlodable papers he mentions around minute 49:00 ?...and all the other things - as Q&A's, slideshows, lecture notes and so on
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 UA-cam to date, solely for the good it passed on to so many people.
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
@J. Milton Jeffreys if you both watched the video youll notice you both begin your conversations by using categories. We were told to leave this sortve behavior behind in the lecture. Both of you take 7 and come back with next weeks lecture.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📚 The course starts by illustrating a scenario of abnormal behavior, highlighting the potential influence of genetics. 01:26 🧬 Genetic influence on sexual orientation, prenatal events affecting political opinions, and using biology to understand religious beliefs are discussed. 03:17 🌡️ Certain events, like having a period, brain tumors, junk food consumption, and steroid use, have been used as defenses in murder cases due to hormonal impacts. 06:34 💔 Body's physiological state can dramatically affect brain functions, and vice versa. 08:30 📊 Humans simplify complex problems by categorizing information, but this can lead to oversimplification and misunderstanding. 11:20 🎨 The example of colors and language differences demonstrates how categories affect perception and memory. 15:08 📞 Categorization affects our ability to accurately recall sequences, like phone numbers. 17:52 🐔 The example of subway stops shows how categories influence interpretation and prediction. 21:18 🧠 The course aims to explore the complex relationships between physiological processes and behavior, avoiding oversimplified explanations. 23:44 🔍 The course structure involves tracing behaviors back through various factors, including hormones, development, genetics, and evolution. 24:13 🧬 Behavior is influenced by biological factors such as hormones and genes, leading to the interaction of endocrinology and genetics. 25:35 🤔 Challenge: Avoid falling into categorical thinking while analyzing complex behaviors and influences. 27:02 🧠 Historical figures in psychology and biology exhibited flawed categorical thinking, underestimating the complexity of human behavior. 32:43 🌍 Human behaviors are characterized by their varying levels of similarity and uniqueness compared to other species. 36:59 🔄 Recognize moments when humans share ordinary physiology with other animals but use it uniquely for empathy, compassion, and stress response. 40:16 💬 Humans exhibit behaviors that are unparalleled in the animal kingdom, such as language use and complex sexual practices. 43:07 📚 The course is designed for students with diverse backgrounds, and additional catchup sections will be provided for those unfamiliar with certain topics. 45:31 🧠 Behavioral biology is relevant in various aspects of life, from decision-making to understanding mental health, making informed choices important. 46:00 ⏰ Weekly sections, midterm, and final exams will structure the course, with breaks provided during class for convenience. 46:29 📚 Two assigned books: One by the instructor (optional), another is "Chaos" by James Gleick. 47:23 🌪️ "Chaos" challenges reductionism; behavior is complex like a cloud, not a clock. 48:49 📖 Lectures on chaos and complexity, readings available online, varying levels of depth. 50:45 🖥️ Course materials online, lecture notes, Q&A, office hours, sections for different backgrounds. 52:39 🗂️ Utilize skilled TAs, regular and advanced sections, evolving sections for different needs. 53:07 ⏰ Class is five units due to heavy class time, taped lectures available online. 54:04 📆 Midterm on May 3rd (7:30 PM), final on June 4th (5:15 PM), multiple-choice format due to class size. 55:29 🧠 Midterm focuses on basic understanding, final emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking. 56:54 🕒 Final clarification on exam timings.
"If you can't explain something simply, that means you don't understand it yet." This guy can carry a conversation with an auditory tone, barely skipping a beat, and hold your hand the whole way without making you feel like you weren't listening. This is the best keynote speech of 'you're going to learn more about yourself than the text in the books provided' I've ever seen/heard.
He would like us to imagine there is no 'next step.' The topic is that we think in steps, generalizations, in order to attempt to understand that which we know very little of, easier that way to categorize what somebody else has placed within that thought process. When it may be better to think that no circumstantial understanding of topics and/or steps is the best first realization in having a better understanding of your/our understanding of behavior. Understand the box(es), then think outside of them but not without. He calls them buckets.
@JamRock You are fundamentally misrepresenting what he is saying. In fact, your criticism is actually what he wanted people to understand. He destroys the buckets of categories by taking them ALL into consideration, whereas solely approaching a topic from one category leads to irrationality. Sounds like you are writing a short essay on UA-cam simply to criticize him. Maybe you should listen more.
@FlyingMonkies325 I suggest you look into Sapolsky's thoughts on Reductionism and follow his recommendation to read Chaos by Gleick. It illustrates why it can be harmful to think of complex issues solely by their component parts. I do agree that we all place our INITIAL understandings of subjects in categories, but we can take those understandings and synthesize them based on understandings from others.
@Mohammad Nachawati it is the first class you dumbass, he is setting up the class and explaining how the course will be. Have you ever been in a school?
Watch a ton of university video's the last year and you come out of covid year like a top notch person on about every front. No young person should have see this last year as "wasted" because you widened your horizon by a mile or 20. And it's all free lessons and you can follow whenever suits you.
This is the best motivational speech I've heard in the last decade. "When you pay too much attention to boundaries, you don’t see the big picture. All you see are categories."
@@bruno-zc1jo Don't apologize, you did nothing wrong. Just because YOU say I'm wrong, doesn't mean I AM wrong. Here's a scenario where the person pays no attention to boundaries. Shipwrecked in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Life raft has no devices to tell global positioning, and has no raw materials to craft a makeshift compass. No food, no water, only the raft, a paddle and a small sail. The sky is completely overcast, so he doesn't have a means to tell east from west. The oceanic current is around 3mph so that's negligible. No radios, no phones, no walkie talkies, no ability to tele-communicate with another human being. Isolated and alone. Objective: get to land and sanctuary before you die of thirst or hunger. What do you do? The above scenario I know for a fact, according to the US Coast Guard, has happened numerous times. Container freighters have found people that died of thirst (or even worse, salt poisoning from the ocean because when you're severely dehydrated, you become irrational and delusional). Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, I bet I could paddle until I reached land." Nope, the average human male (5'10", 180lbs, 18-24% body fat) needs 2400-2600 calories a day to maintain weight and energy levels (assuming a good balanced diet). If you're very active (paddling a life raft for several hours a day would qualify), you'd need 3000 calories. Your body basically starts eating itself around 7 days with no caloric intake. Fat goes first, then muscle mass. Look at some of the photos of the people in the Auschwitz concentration camp. and you'll see what I mean. www.thesun.co.uk/news/10829470/colourised-pics-auschwitz-horrors-hitlers-regime-75-years-ago/ Big picture is you're stranded. After 7 days with no water, you're basically going to have a heart attack and die. Some people have been known to go beyond that, but they're keeping themselves in a meditative state (doing little to know exercise). You're concentrating on the "Big Picture", but you fail to notice the boundaries. Boundaries? Who needs them! This guy who's going to die in 7 days if he doesn't get any water (not to mention food) needs boundaries. Namely, a GPS device, or a transceiver radio, a sat phone, a mirror, or some other device that is capable of tele-communicating with another human being. A clear sky would be nice too (tell east from west.... you know, the Sun rises in the East? Sets in the West?) Also, a clear sky is nice for celestial navigation (if he has a sextant). All these things are boundaries. So the teacher's and your argument holds very little weight.
@@federicocasali1565 The teacher's topic of his classes is human behavior, right? @bruno there is challenging my assertion regarding human behavior. I gave an example of where the teacher's assertion of paying too little attention to boundaries (in regards to human behavior) can be just as bad as paying too much attention to boundaries. That's all I'm saying. The Greek poet and historian Hesiod (circa 700 BC) wrote in 'Works and Days,' "Observe due measure, moderation is best in all things." This is also what I'm saying. @bruno claims I'm wrong, but does nothing to substantiate his point of view. I, on the other hand, gave a real world example of my point of view. If anyone wants to, they can go to the US Coast Guard's archive and read about the literally hundred's of cases of finding people in my specific scenario. I never said the teacher is INcorrect.
@@brianm744 well in your exemple you are simply fucked cuz you are stranded with no tools at your disposal, doesn't really have anything to do about thinking big picture or little picture, once you are in that position you can't magically conjure up some food or clean water or a gps.
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.
@@HighestRank Hey, ur comment interested me,so,I did a little research. Yes,a large portion of the population that was practiced on did come from those with Down Syndrome ,however, a decent portion were people who had brain tumors that caused seizures and other disabiling side effects. These are my sources António Egas Moniz (1874-1955): Lobotomy pioneer and Nobel laureate www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291941/ And there is a short documentary on the UA-cam page of David Santos titled Egas Moniz on the neurologist life. If you've got the time you should check it out;it's a pretty interesting take on the inner workings of the science/medical community.
I'm Egyptian And I Think this course just changed the way I think about how my brain works Thank you, prof. Sapolsky and thank Stanford, for a moment I really hoped that I was born and raised in California and joined this university, but I'm grateful for finding out this course is free online
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.
Utterly astounding how he proceeds with his material as if it was prerecorded in his brain, and nonstop for one hour. I did also watch one of his lectures that went for 1 hour 22 minutes the same way. And he is very endearing because he is obliviously so brilliant yet I do not detect a large ego, only a sense of self confidence and gentle humor.
He's the most amazing person. I took this class in 2003 or 2004, and his energy really drew everyone into the class. There's a reason it was over-enrolled every quarter it was offered.
Whatever. Everything about this creeps presentation is off-putting. As an " expert" in the field of human behavior, he, like most "experts" is a clueless charlatan.
Massive respect for Dr. Sapolsky - He's making my stay at home during this wretched pandemic not only possible but also very intellectually satisfying. Watching people panic buying toilet paper and then watching this lecture definitely changes one's perspective about human free will (2:18)
Hey there, Same. I too was wondering this psychological basis behind hoarding and having everything for oneself and neglecting its impact on others' unprivileged ones.
I have been watching this video for 40 minutes right now. A: I do not study at Stanford B: I do not study anything related to biology C: I have a thermodynamics exam tomorrow
This type of knowledge could elevate our quality of life. That's why I'm watching this too. Better than playing video games anyway. And these lectures are quite interesting honestly.
Did you question it? I’m current on a research project to show fake research within behavior theory. The roots of it being the loot box issue and how people use poor evidence as fact. If you ask me, it’s all “the most productive” and evolution pushes that. He says all animals get a greater domaine hit when it’s a “maybe” over a “confirmed” thing. He doesn’t talk about why and how that mechanic has driven all species to be the best they can be. When we talk about regulating things that are “more productive” we might run into major issues. He gets into it a bit
what pray tell did you learn from this lecture ? catgories, buckets, humans exhibit behaviour no other animal on the planet exhibits? i'm curious. i learned he's a leftie, big leftie but thats about it. poor students.
For everyone asking, the two books are: 1) Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky 2) Chaos: Making New Science by James Gleick I know the Zebra book, is the one he wrote that he talks about here because he references it briefly at the beginning of the third lecture.
@@LiverpoolReject > Unless I misunderstand your "subtle nudge", Patrick correctly worded his statement about the professor having "a profound effect on (him)". As a noun, the word "effect" is properly used here. In your properly worded example about beard people, notice that "affect" is a verb (expresses action) while "effect" is a noun (a thing); it's only a verb when it means "bring about" as in the sentence "This will effect the change." So the professor had *an effect* on him. Patrick could have used the verb stating, "The professor profoundly affected me" which would've also been correct. However, he chose the proper noun for his sentence structure. The noun "affect" (your recommendation) is not common and generally reserved as a technical term in psychology and psychiatry, as in "The doctor noted his patient's flat affect before they discussed depression." It's also pronounced differently with the stress on the first syllable of "A". I hope this all makes sense. Oh, isn't English fun? Cheers. :)
What a great discovery. Feel like I am back in school and loving it. Great for an 86 year old nerd. Makes me feel like my brain still works. I am enthralled.
As a non native English speaker, I love the fact that this topic has been explained in such simple yet effective matter. It's an amazing feeling to refresh your memory as well as learn something new. Gotta watch more of these
Absolutely! I am a native English speaker but sometimes I watch lectures in French and it really is nice to exercise two parts of your brain at the same time!
You also understood 1% of what was talked about here. Go out into the world and explore. Gain experience. Knowledge leads to wisdom, but you also need to put things to the test
Stella, don’t listen to Marco, he doesn’t know the first thing about your life or intellectual abilities. Just because he likely would only have understood 1% of it when he was 15 doesn’t mean that’s true for you. I agree with him in that intellect is best sharpened by a balance between academics and learned experience from a variety of different activities, but that is up to you to find that balance.
When you teach like this, you should be proud in saying it's your profession. Also how much is Standford paying him, because we need teachers like him in every high school, middle school, college, and university. 0_0
If this guy was teaching at a local high school, little spoiled kids with pants on their knees would talk over him and look at likes on their inetagram. At least he gets to speak to someone who must listen because of all the debt they are building up by the minute lol
Indeed!!! If we had teachers like him filling HS, I bet a lot if our problems with hs would get a whole lot better. Unfortunately, high schools usually don't even have one teacher like this...
Man, I was just sitting here wishing I could afford to go back to school and here pops up a series of 50+ lectures from the university I dreamed of going to as a little kid. Life is cool sometimes.
No idea if Prof Sapolsky will ever see this but - ILY Prof Sapolsky. You’re the bomb. Your classes are hilarious, your books are hilarious, you’re hilarious. You better take damn good care of yourself! You’re a tangible cultural heritage of mankind!! ❤️
Just love to hear this professor. Would have loved to have him when I was in college. He loves to teach and loves people, relates really well with his students. And highly intelligent and has a unique interesting personality.
Hello, friend. I have ADHD; I understand you. I decided to go back to college in 2018, at 25/26. I am going to graduate this year... currently, my GPA is 4.0 and hopefully stays that way by December. XD But anyways, I always struggled academically. I went back to prove I can do it. I think ANYONE can succeed if they put their mind to it. Your mind is so, so, SO powerful. Do not ever underestimate your brain! :D
currently struggling with mental health and probably undiagnosed ADHD at 18 :) I dropped all my dreams and left university. Now i don't know what to do with my life... This is the worst feeling ever and i am unable to get help
Mate, I saw someone get diagnosed at 28 with what I quote as ‘off the chart scores’ on two separate NHS tests completely different and on different days, times places etc. The reason they did this when I asked was because they thought he’d done the first one before or had somehow ‘cheated’ on a test where the highest score is not an A. I agreed with them as this character is quick and sharp. But when I was with him receiving the diagnosis he was so genuinelyshocked and surprised. He regarded many of the physical behaviour symptomatic of the disorder to be a boon. The only solace he received was that it explained the inability to ‘switch off’ when trying to sleep
With the two books -Behave and Determined-in hand, I can easily understand what this brilliant professor outlines here. I am a sociologist and have learned so much in these lectures. Thank you!!
I had a wonderful professor that taught at Stanford and then "retired" and taught at our local community college, where I took biopsychology and social psychology. He inspired me so much-I went all the way to complete my master's degree.
I am listening to this lecture totally out of curiosity and I find the lecture extremely informative, and enlightening. His interesting delivery of the lectures made me think about why I haven't done my major in human behavioral biology! I find the topic extremely interesting and I am gonna finish listening to all the lectures in this lecture series. Thank you for making the knowledge easily accessible.
Keep learning Kepler It is great you decided to go on your own and learn a bit more than basic education. In doing so you will enrich your mind and your life.
I know him personally and each Monday he logs into his PC at work, check the views on his videos all while grinning like a maniac and laughing hysterically.
The problem is that teachers and professors are chosen based on how well they know the subject matter based on their own achievements and performance in the field, when they should be chosen based on how well they are able to educate others.
Realistically, education doesn't do a whole lot. People capable of learning a lot more will learn nearly all of it on their own (autodidacty) and people who aren't capable of learning much will effectively learn to memorize answers in order to get through college classes that have been dumbed down for them. Basically, there are lots of kids going to college who would have been better served stopping after highschool and finding a job that wouldn't land them in tens or a hundred thousand dollars in debt in order to... not be employed anyway. Our ability to access information and learning is so great today that the "he would have earned more if higher educated" doesn't fly at all. Even hundreds of years ago people would teach themselves to read in multiple languages if they actually cared to. Now it's literally at their fingertips, available nigh-instantly through a cellphone or computer. If they aren't learning, it's not the education opportunities, it's the people.
English is my third language and I live in georgia,a country that's beyond being saved because of the government and the environment they have created for us. I'm so happy to be able to access videos like this,even if it's a little bit hard for me to understand. Hopefully one day I'll be able to sit in rooms with such amazing people and get educated. Thank you❤
From God proceeds ALL WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, DISCERNMENT, DISCRETION, COUNSEL, MIGHT AND THE FEAR OF THE LORD. Seek first the Kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto you. God said : If you seek Me, you shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Call upon Me and I will show you GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS you know not. Search the Scriptures, for in it you will find life....and answers to everything.....Read the Bible, Tanakh, and Quran.
I was in grad school with a woman who worked with women from Armenia and Georgia. School is great, but what you learn from living is better. I would love to see your region of the world.
i cannot imagine him being under appreciated by his students. There's not a single criticism of Robert Saposky. i think he might be underpaid. i have a feeling that he doesn’t mind as long he can blowdart Baboons in east Africa in the summers. Now that is one university professor with worthy of the Alpha Male Brofessor with the Epic Beard title and bear to bractice on.
He works is Stanford University brah. I'm 30 year old guy who never went to college. And I'm watching this from another end of the world. I don't think he's under appreciated. And something tells me he doesn't care of money or material possession that much:)
I grew up in 80s and 90s in small town in India. Touched and experienced computer and internet first time in my early 20s. The current generation is so lucky to have free access to wealth of information. It is just disappointing when I see 99% of the people just watch useless things than stuff that matters. Thanks for making it free, hope you add more. I intend to watch such high quality videos as many as I can until I close my eyes permanently..
The way he pulls you in is pretty incredible, i've watched many university lectures on UA-cam from schools like MIT to UCBerkely and this guy is by far the best, Stanford is lucky to have him.
Hi there Rambo. Do you like Geology? Check out Rick Zentner from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. These two; Sapolsky and Zentner are amazing professors. Amazing.
@flowmaster8 That's some quality auto-tracking at 52:05 when the AI camera operator completely swivels around to show the silent TA's. I'm such a noob I didn't realize things like this were possible in 2011.
Love this series on the site. Thank you to Stanford for keeping these up. And THANK YOU Robert Sapolsky for sharing your knowledge to those willing to listen!
I can't believe that a university that charges something like $50.000 a year for there classes, films them and letting me watch them for free. I'm in college to become a health care professional in the Netherlands. The focus in the information handed to me in college revolves around external factors like social interaction. These video's give me an introduction to a brother view and of the information is really helping me to better understand the bigger picture. Its things like this that make my day!
It is the piece of paper that says Diploma that employers say they care about. Som even wanna see the details and grades. Those employers are few and far between...Just educate your brain! Take a graphics class and learn how to Fake the papers! 😂
@@Its-a-me-maddy “I want you to practice on a bear” he meant to say pear. If you base your intellect on categories, you’ll miss context and nuances which could lead to the example he gave
For anyone enjoying these lectures in 2019 and forward, Sapolsky's new book Behave covers pretty much the same territory as this lecture series with ever-so-slightly different organization. For audio learners, though the audio book is not narrated by Sapolsky himself, he has chosen a dynamic reader who conveys the material clearly and entertainingly. If nothing else, the book is an excellent companion piece that reinforces the material he covers here.
@@Rickkelley365 Not new categories per se, but he arranged the information slightly differently. For example, the lectures on neuroanatomy and the basics of the endocrine system are in the appendices tucked in the back of the book. You can reference them if you need to, but they're not part of the main text. He is also less formal about discussing the different "buckets" identified in the first half of this lecture series - they're just integrated throughout the book as needed.
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!
Everytime i am so impressed how professionel and easy understandable the teachers at elite schools teach. Thank you for this upload and Thanx Mr. Sapolsky
![Биология поведения человека. Лекция #1. Введение [Роберт Сапольски, 2010. Стэнфорд]](/img/n.gif)
i've completed the full cycle of procrastination, going so far into the depths of not doing homework that i end up watching a stanford intro class on youtube
hahahaha thats hilarious! humans are great!
Literally how I found this video. Months later I'm in bed truly enjoying it all done with finals :)
And its even more ironic when you think it's a Stanford lecture on human behavior which encompasses your procrastination. You might be biting the bullet more than you think, in the long run lol
Lol
Same
The fact that we can access this lecture without having to attend Stanford is mind-blowing. What a time to be alive!
I absolutely agree! It feels like such a cheat-code.
Tabula Rasa very
I only wish I could talk to him, and have him mark my work, that would be amazing, its the ability to access the teachers that make this education so valuable, they are instrumental in the learning, although I am enjoying this lecture :) this is amazing
We have the world's knowledge at our disposal but we're running ourselves into the gutter. We can do better
you could have said the same thing 40 years ago when video tapes were popular
Just pointing put, someone wrote 57 minutes of subtitles for a lecture. Shout out to you my guy.
You mind Mr./Ms. Algo Rythm?
UA-cam does that automatically
@@LaLfixx youtube does it but someone put english subtitles too. If you look there is two options for subtitles/ CC, one is automatic (with some errors) and the one is English CC, which is very exact and correct. Someone took their time and wrote subtitles lol
It's just as translating movies as long as hour and half or two
After 4 million + views, there's gonna be someone with OCD that is bothered enough by the auto translator errors to fix it.
I hope he’s still teaching. He is a wonderful professor, and I can tell he enjoys his work.
If anyone is interested, he wrote a book a few years ago called Behave. It is an absolute masterpiece.
Yeah I'm reading it currently and it's absolutely amazing
@@jr.bobdobbsnoted 👍
Hello, he is still teaching, hes actually my favorite professor atm
@@Technovex You're in his in-person classes? At Stanford? That's so cool!
This is the thing that UA-cam needs to recommend more often and not about celebrities or bloggers babbling about their freaking stuffs.
That's a great point!
what is this i just stumbled across it what did you lern
Errrrrm yeah, I suppose
UA-cam recommendations are personalized most of the time. Stop searching about them then.
It is an introductory course. Nothing important. Furthermore, this man embodies what has always been wrong with universities.
Lectures hit different when you’re not pressured by grades.
I wish I could go back to college and just learn stuff without having to take any tests
@@bigbufobufo you can! It’s called “auditing a class”
Ohhh that'll explain why i'll watch these in my free time but redused too when i actually took courses like this
so... true...
Facts - plus this mans giving out bagels with cream cheese and I'm just wishing I had more profs like this. Had a few but still, I can count them on one hand and by and large most were just so dry and uninspired. It seems as if so many professors nowadays just purchase textbooks, assignments and slide packages for their courses, feels lazy. I swear people appease their professors and have to find their own actual mentors/professors in their free time. It's so hard to learn anything when It's unengaging
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.
Agree 💁🏻♀️
Totally agree!!
This is a UA-cam rabbit hole with massive benefits for exploring. I did find it ironic though that he is explaining that the science is pointing to the fact that science isn't the best tool for describing behavior. What makes Dr Sapolsky so effective though I think is that he doesn't teach in a linear or analytical way. His talks are full of inference, analogy and humor, making the knowledge gained connect more broadly with the listener's own experience. He also seems to be a some sort of wizard at pushing limbic buttons at opportune times to make things memorable. He is truly a master teacher on so many levels.
Absolutely. Can change your life.
Good point
As someone who possessed neither the academic skills nor the financial means to attend a prestigious university as a young adult, it is not lost on me now at age 51 just how absolutely incredible it is that the entirety of the world's knowledge is available to me with just a few clicks. I will never not be in awe of it.
okay boomer
@@Leaky-bunghole you're genuinelly, like, not funny. Literally, the meme died a decade ago. Reading these two words made my eyes bleed.
@@PresahujemLimity yet it was interesting enough to read and comment? feel to not do either retard
@@PresahujemLimity sure thing boomer
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.
this is so damn true
The truth has been spoken. 🐐 👏🏻
I don't like being tested in any way, shape, or form, and back in school, whether I was excellent at a subject or not, I would always try to get out of the classroom as soon as possible during exams. It's weird how I have this kind of seemingly counter-productive stubbornness when I'm being tested by an individual or an institution, whereas on my own free time, I would happily choose to learn about something, and revisit it over and over until it's stuck. I literally find myself learning about new stuff every day, and the fact that there are no tests involved makes me feel like an old school knowledge seeker from back where institutions weren't a thing. I have no degrees (I left my original mediocre high school degree at the university when I decided to drop out unannounced after passing all my first-semester exams with flying colors), and yet I helped people from all over the world with all kinds of tech problems. I never thought in a million years that something that I started learning on my own when I was a teenager would one day lead to helping a business owner with a 5-million-dollar income.
My English teacher back in high school once said to a supervisor, and his assistant - out of the blue - while I was there, "The thing about Ahmed is that he's very opinionated." Before that, he was like, "I brought the guy who's gonna fix your computer, guys." And I was like, "But that wasn't our agreement, Teach!" Since I asked him to come with me to speed up the bureaucratic process of getting a copy of my school certificate. 😅 I ended up removing malware manually from the supervisor's computer, optimizing the system, and filling out the whole school certificate myself in like a minute, which made me wonder, "Wow, and they say I have to wait from Monday through Thursday for this? Goddamn bureaucrats!" 😂 It's one of my earliest memories as an IT guy. I remember while I was working on their potato PC, the supervisor being so condescending like, "Well, what you're [capable of] doing isn't really 'in parallel' of what we teach at the school." as if that were a bad thing. Since I never miss a chance to be sassy, I was like, "Well, if I relied on what we're taught here, I'd still be struggling to differentiate between a mouse, and a keyboard." And then he said, "Well, but you skip school to learn these things, and that's not good." And I was like, "Well, you're not the one in class every day, having to deal with annoyingly talkative students who don't even know how to put their pens down without making noise. As far as I'm concerned, skipping school to learn really interesting stuff is always worth it." And then he just shook his head in disapproval. Thing is, that supervisor knew my dad very well, so I always assumed he just liked to play the devil's advocate, while also trying to avoid giving those who are around the impression that there's some kind of favoritism involved; I actually appreciate people like that, because I don't want people to treat me in a certain way just because they know my dad, and I'm too unapologetic to care, because just like many people survive by being dishonest, and evasive, I survive by being honest, and direct.
Finally, Thank you, aletter1718, for being the reason I wrote all this. 😁🙏🏻
Being tested causes anxiety
I doubt your teachers were as good as this,though:))
You're seeing the difference between being autodidactic and industrialized education.
What a good lecturer. Tone changes, speed changes, jokes in interval, all while delivering succinct info
What else you expect from a top notch behavioral biology prof?
sUcCiNcT
P
Wus tha mean.
Yes he’s very easy to understand. I find emphasis i super important cos allot of teachers don’t emphasise the important stuff
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
6:57 was an "uhhh" ;-)
ok I'm not taking anything away from the guy but I literally caught an 'uhhh' in the first minute
anomaly P this is what he’s done for years. And that’s why I am here, give me some knowledge to apply to life.
14:48 HAHA first mistake he is human!!
He loves what he is doing.
The way he explains everything with humor and making sure even the slowest of students can get it right makes him one of the best teachers I have ever seen. I will have to watch the other 25 videos now lol
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!
agreed , i am a big fan of examples when explaining things.
That’s how professors should teach. Not treat you like a scientist when you are a student yet.
a sales technique - agree
When you needed examples this is not your place bro #facts😂🤷♀️
I wish my all teachers taught like this in school, it makes it so much easier to learn!
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!
@@anilkumar-ph1qi 😂😂
@@anilkumar-ph1qi winden ani...ikkade pakkana
be careful..because, as I commented in my OP here: he's 100% wrong about what he said about the synchronization of the menses of women, how it happens. so, please don't go spreading around what he said about that. he has no idea what he's talking about.
@@DiandraStarShine sweety it literally happens. I doubt you’re a woman. I’d suggest “further reading”
@@DiandraStarShine It absolutely does happen.
This just made me realize that I really haven’t had that many good teachers in my life
Lol you aren’t the only one. The only good teachers I had was an art teacher, and yet art is laughed at these days.
They don't spend 100k a year for nothing (just throwing a figure out , but Stanford is high yah :p)
Some professors have a gift. Not only can they teach but they do it in a way that captures the audience and draws them in. That alone helps students remember course material. Some professors are so influential, they can point one to a new major.
Half of my teachers in what in my country is the equivalent of senior high school were confirmed alcoholics (i.e. they did not do a good job of hiding it). The majority of them were slow and drowsy throughout the day while some of them even got violent regularly; though, while they were not allowed to touch students, there was seemingly no law that prohibited throwing things at students or yelling at them from a micro-wave-length distance. While this was a fun distraction for the usual suspects (daredevils and class clowns, you might call them), some of the more fragile individuals regularly went home crying. I remember a particularly choleric teacher-on-the-bottle, the class of whom I dreaded because, idiot I am, I was seated in the front row. He was pretty much hated by everyone, but he always kept his cool around other teachers, and so we, the students, were stuck with him for eternity, or so we thought. Long story short, he died during one summer vacation (amazingly enough, not due to liver failure). When news got around, virtually the entire student body that had had classes with him, threw impromptu parties to commemorate the occasion. It was one of those reality-is-weirder-than-fiction, ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead moments. The abscence of that loathsome teacher markedly improved the mood in the entire school, though, I have to say. The following school year, for the first time, we got a chemistry teacher, who was not chasing Jack. Which I thought impossible, but there you go.
Even now, over a decade later, I hear stories of former teachers of mine, their fondness for liquor of which I either was not aware at the time of their teaching or who later became dependent on ethanol-rich drinks. Sometimes, jokingly, I believe that alcoholism was an entry requirement for that particular school.
Who has
I'm Brazilian and I was feeling a little bit down for lacking money to study abroad using my university program. However, here I am watching this astonishing lecture. I loved this professor and I feel so excited to learn again🥺🤩
Same here 🥺 i can't even afford to get out of my country hope our lives will change into what we like 💗
@@giubl5763 simmm, to praticando muito meu inglês e quero muito aprender francês depois
u LOVED him ( meaning that now u do NOT ?
@@gregoryludkovsky5185I loved him watching this playlist, I didn't even remember him until you commented this lol
indicação do Eslen não é mesmo?
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.
GOOD ON YOU LAD
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I wanna go into neuroscience too :)
I hope you will have a good life and bring us closer to understanding ourselves.
That's amazing! 💪❤
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.
If putting these videos up for free was the professors idea then he made a damn good choice. I actually agree with him on his opinion that everyone should learn about the content in the video and the videos following this one. The world’s broken rn and the best anyone can do is use their brain to understand their morality and how they can help other people to help themselves. It was never going at it solo, it’s how you can help the world to which it can help you some day in return
It's pretty neat that anyone who's interested can get a bit of knowledge for no cost. You don't get the degree like the students, but you get some good coffee shop banter
Maybe yes, maybe no. My students were surprised to learn that I had social anxiety. They asked, " How can you teach so well?" I said, "I know what to say when I teach."
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
@@chaoticfloralarrangement8741 butterfly affect 🥰
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
I'm currently doing that same thing right now hahaha
@@saragarcia2262 it starts again soon 😢 dread
This is so impressive. I love it so much.
Every human should listen to this entire series. It gives you so much insight into human anthropology, behavior etc.
These videos are pretty old at this point but nonetheless pertinent. I think Sapolsky is still alive and there's absolutely nothing boring about listening to him, he keeps things moving right along, and a bit of humor gets thrown in here and there. I'm so thankful this series was conserved for humanity.
Obviously an expert in his field. Additionally, an excellent communicator.
stanford: really hard to get into and 70k per year.
also stanford: giving out their most interesting course for free on youtube.
people in 2021: we're bored so yeah we're here.
it really be like that lol
Hey me too very in Interesting I feel like I'm in class with you
there are enough stupid people to pay for brainwashing, just like carl ikahn said
Consider it as free advertisement. It encourages people to compete more for entrance into Stanford whether it is young who want to study or adults that encourage others to send their children into Stanford.
@@comprehendnature2404 Free education on UA-cam. I guess you could pay tens of thousands of dollars per year for what you can get for free on the internet. Maybe you’re paying for a piece of paper that influences other people. I’m sure it’s worth the price for some people.
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
Also me. :)
thanks to USA
Exatamente! Concordo com você
Brazilian here! Learning from Stanford lectures... I could have never dreamt of it when I was in my teens craving for quality information! Internet is something!
I would turn up for every single one of Robert Sapolskys lectures. The guy is the definition of an engaging educator.
Lies again? HDB HBB
I love that fly
Agree
@@bluecordsoldier2508 aē
@@dereksaltamachia4633 rçø
These lectures changed my life , I watched it three times now
No “uh’s” or “um’s” from this guy. Brilliant speaker.
Just pointing put, someone wrote 57 minutes of subtitles for a lecture. Shout out to you my guy.
That’s a bucket
2:18
Funny that you mention that. Because the way be can continually speak in such a way had me initially wondering if he on the spectrum if autism. But he's probably just comfortable in the subject and setting. See what my brain's doing? Buckets
@@cepolt Time to systematically remove anyone without autism to remove the inferior "ums" and "uhs" then! :D
Can this guy teach everything? He is so concise, calm and articulated. He makes me want to go back to school.
My thoughts exactly. I wish I studied psychology.
@@karenhovgaard9163 same here! I'm starting to think maybe information technology wasn't the field meant for me. I really enjoy these videos.
But his beard. Urgh
@@rider2731 Yeah I'm jealous of it too.
@@rider2731 comon you enjoy his talk and ability to pass on HIS knowledge, is beard is cool, but apart of that. would we rather be though by a moron in a tie clean shaved, who stands talking but can pass on the teaching? those are the majority , that's why people quit Uni, but Teachers like are the best with or without beard. keep well and enjoy the learning
This guy gave a lecture at my high school. A decade later, I still vividly remember it. One of the smartest men I've ever heard speak.
Can you explain the point on 14:10 to me? I didn't get the B and P thing
I got former drug dealers giving lectures back in high-school. Huh... the socioeconomic differences between us are stark.
@@Its-a-me-maddy The Finnish man pronounces P as B. Their intonation sounds like they are saying Bear, but in reality, they are actually pronouncing Pear.
he’s captivating !
@@fray-roe1715 I feel ya!
What a brilliant opening. Elaborates on a scenario and brings attention to the mystery of it's reasons. Then presents a number of interesting proposals in quick succession, establishing the kind of things that are to be discussed in the lectures and implicitly saying these are to be discussed later on. He executes it so well.
Published 10 years ago -- and it has just hit 10M views.
Thank you to Dr. Sapolsky and Stanford for sharing the most valuable of knowledge with us.
Thank you Stephanie Soressi
sami flaggan?
He said the worst quote is from the Nationalsocialists. Yet after that quote, looking carefully at our modern Society and World... it turned out to be correct. You can hate it, you can deny it... but the reality is that we live in a Society that strives for Human degeneration on all aspects of Society and Social Integrity. The World is in a constant Downfall.
""Es ist notwendig das ich für mein Volk sterbe, aber mein Geist wird sich erheben aus dem Grab und die Welt wird wissen, daß ich recht hatte"
@@TheBlackfall234 Ok, nazi sympathizer
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.
Cheers for telling this, mate!
What was your biggest take away from the course,If Imay ask?
@@rogerbalmaceda7762 me too, took the class in '96. I think this class showed me as an overarching theme, to really think critically about nuance. Most complicated things in life can not be boiled down to simple binary things. 'yes' or 'no'. 'nature' or 'nurture'. A simple/lazy mind will fight complexity by going down this default route. Fight this in your own mind!
@@willzsportscards Do you think determinism is binary? Or do you think it explains all human behaviour, or could explain all human behaviour if we had access to all the variables involved?
Big Kahuna what was the book that he wrote that was recommended for the course?
Good lord I wish I had a professor with his level of interest and teaching. I never thought I'd watch an entire lecture outside of my education.
Check it out!
@@46_and28 For your schools
well, you still became a doctor.
Maybe because it can be understood by a 5th grader. Fun stories are great and entertaining but they don’t provide complex skills that we expect to learn in a school of ‘quality.
Me too
This guy is a seriously gifted educator.
Imagine going to university and actually getting lecturers of this calibre
That is technically easy. The problem is the people with the presentation skills want to be in film and theater.
I luckily have at community College. Genius sociology prof.
I did at Northern AZ University. Graduated in ‘97. I feel so lucky for those amazing professors. That’s why I love sapolsky, so familiar and wonderful.
yeah
Uh, I got stuff this interesting in community college. But that was 30 years ago.
I am an extremely old senior citizen and did not have the $$$ to attend college. Now I can say I attended a class at Stanford As the saying goes it's never to late to learn something. I found this quite interesting. Thank you for being alive to learn something on the internet and U Tube.
Where I'm from (NZ) lectures are completely free and you can turn up to any lecture you want as the times are posted online. The thing you pay for in NZ is the exams and the degree, pretty cool
Thats wonderful to hear, we are classmates now haha.
Arlene, so cool to have you here!
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.
God bless you stranger.
For 11 years I've been coming back to this. It is still one of the most profound learning experiences available. Sapolsky its truly one of the finest human gems we had a chance to share time with on this planet.
just discovered this, excited :)
You scared me when I first read this I thought he passed away 😫
@@CoachAdeja I honestly hope he has many beautiful and joyful years of life ahead of him
He seems to be a very gifted communicator.
He and Walter Lewin who was an MIT physics professor.
The book by him, which he didn't say the name of, is the
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
(he mentions it again in lecture 3)
You are a life saver, thank you mate
Do you know anything about the downlodable papers he mentions around minute 49:00 ?...and all the other things - as Q&A's, slideshows, lecture notes and so on
I love you
Thank you so much, i was trying to figure which book he was talking about!
thankyou
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 UA-cam to date, solely for the good it passed on to so many people.
Word!
You can't be smart or be nice. I am not offended by the opinion of nonentities
Lmao this is my therapy
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
"Most of us" seems to be a rather ignorant, or maybe just ignorantly hopeful, proclamation. There's certainly no proof here.
Limiting access to knowledge is how society breeds elitism. Thank you for posting this .
Craig Jones its buying in a pre-categorized system of thoughts.
@J. Milton Jeffreys if you both watched the video youll notice you both begin your conversations by using categories. We were told to leave this sortve behavior behind in the lecture. Both of you take 7 and come back with next weeks lecture.
THANK YOU! For saying this!
@J. Milton Jeffreys I might agree with you but your slander makes you sound dumb. You might already know this
Rather, it's how those in power create a controllable mass of obedient consumers
I'm not even taking this class and I'm stressed about the midterm
I feel like I'm supposed to be taking notes
same im not even in college and im stressing about it
Apply what you learn daily and you won’t have to take notes or stress about a test.
BWAHAHAHA!!!
@@burdeegirl You jest, but I've been mindlessly writing notes for the past fifteen minutes.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📚 The course starts by illustrating a scenario of abnormal behavior, highlighting the potential influence of genetics.
01:26 🧬 Genetic influence on sexual orientation, prenatal events affecting political opinions, and using biology to understand religious beliefs are discussed.
03:17 🌡️ Certain events, like having a period, brain tumors, junk food consumption, and steroid use, have been used as defenses in murder cases due to hormonal impacts.
06:34 💔 Body's physiological state can dramatically affect brain functions, and vice versa.
08:30 📊 Humans simplify complex problems by categorizing information, but this can lead to oversimplification and misunderstanding.
11:20 🎨 The example of colors and language differences demonstrates how categories affect perception and memory.
15:08 📞 Categorization affects our ability to accurately recall sequences, like phone numbers.
17:52 🐔 The example of subway stops shows how categories influence interpretation and prediction.
21:18 🧠 The course aims to explore the complex relationships between physiological processes and behavior, avoiding oversimplified explanations.
23:44 🔍 The course structure involves tracing behaviors back through various factors, including hormones, development, genetics, and evolution.
24:13 🧬 Behavior is influenced by biological factors such as hormones and genes, leading to the interaction of endocrinology and genetics.
25:35 🤔 Challenge: Avoid falling into categorical thinking while analyzing complex behaviors and influences.
27:02 🧠 Historical figures in psychology and biology exhibited flawed categorical thinking, underestimating the complexity of human behavior.
32:43 🌍 Human behaviors are characterized by their varying levels of similarity and uniqueness compared to other species.
36:59 🔄 Recognize moments when humans share ordinary physiology with other animals but use it uniquely for empathy, compassion, and stress response.
40:16 💬 Humans exhibit behaviors that are unparalleled in the animal kingdom, such as language use and complex sexual practices.
43:07 📚 The course is designed for students with diverse backgrounds, and additional catchup sections will be provided for those unfamiliar with certain topics.
45:31 🧠 Behavioral biology is relevant in various aspects of life, from decision-making to understanding mental health, making informed choices important.
46:00 ⏰ Weekly sections, midterm, and final exams will structure the course, with breaks provided during class for convenience.
46:29 📚 Two assigned books: One by the instructor (optional), another is "Chaos" by James Gleick.
47:23 🌪️ "Chaos" challenges reductionism; behavior is complex like a cloud, not a clock.
48:49 📖 Lectures on chaos and complexity, readings available online, varying levels of depth.
50:45 🖥️ Course materials online, lecture notes, Q&A, office hours, sections for different backgrounds.
52:39 🗂️ Utilize skilled TAs, regular and advanced sections, evolving sections for different needs.
53:07 ⏰ Class is five units due to heavy class time, taped lectures available online.
54:04 📆 Midterm on May 3rd (7:30 PM), final on June 4th (5:15 PM), multiple-choice format due to class size.
55:29 🧠 Midterm focuses on basic understanding, final emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking.
56:54 🕒 Final clarification on exam timings.
Amazing, man!! Thanks
you're a saint, thank you!
You’re incredible. thanks!
Don't remove the source, It's made using HARPA AI
Only robot scum would timestamp and caption the date and time for exams on a 12 year old lecture p
"If you can't explain something simply, that means you don't understand it yet." This guy can carry a conversation with an auditory tone, barely skipping a beat, and hold your hand the whole way without making you feel like you weren't listening. This is the best keynote speech of 'you're going to learn more about yourself than the text in the books provided' I've ever seen/heard.
and the next step is?
He would like us to imagine there is no 'next step.' The topic is that we think in steps, generalizations, in order to attempt to understand that which we know very little of, easier that way to categorize what somebody else has placed within that thought process. When it may be better to think that no circumstantial understanding of topics and/or steps is the best first realization in having a better understanding of your/our understanding of behavior. Understand the box(es), then think outside of them but not without. He calls them buckets.
@JamRock You are fundamentally misrepresenting what he is saying. In fact, your criticism is actually what he wanted people to understand. He destroys the buckets of categories by taking them ALL into consideration, whereas solely approaching a topic from one category leads to irrationality. Sounds like you are writing a short essay on UA-cam simply to criticize him. Maybe you should listen more.
@FlyingMonkies325 I suggest you look into Sapolsky's thoughts on Reductionism and follow his recommendation to read Chaos by Gleick. It illustrates why it can be harmful to think of complex issues solely by their component parts. I do agree that we all place our INITIAL understandings of subjects in categories, but we can take those understandings and synthesize them based on understandings from others.
@Mohammad Nachawati it is the first class you dumbass, he is setting up the class and explaining how the course will be. Have you ever been in a school?
mom would be so proud knowing me attended a Stanford (online) course, with 100% scholarship (bc it's free)
Hahahahahahhahqhajajah
🥳🤜💥🤛💫
Watch a ton of university video's the last year and you come out of covid year like a top notch person on about every front. No young person should have see this last year as "wasted" because you widened your horizon by a mile or 20. And it's all free lessons and you can follow whenever suits you.
I watch these baked and I feel better
@@phillipjacobs9982 IM watching it high af rn
This is the best motivational speech I've heard in the last decade.
"When you pay too much attention to boundaries, you don’t see the big picture. All you see are categories."
There's a corollary to that above. When you pay too LITTLE to boundaries, you lose yourself in the big picture. You lose purpose.
@@bruno-zc1jo Don't apologize, you did nothing wrong. Just because YOU say I'm wrong, doesn't mean I AM wrong.
Here's a scenario where the person pays no attention to boundaries.
Shipwrecked in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Life raft has no devices to tell global positioning, and has no raw materials to craft a makeshift compass. No food, no water, only the raft, a paddle and a small sail. The sky is completely overcast, so he doesn't have a means to tell east from west. The oceanic current is around 3mph so that's negligible. No radios, no phones, no walkie talkies, no ability to tele-communicate with another human being.
Isolated and alone.
Objective: get to land and sanctuary before you die of thirst or hunger. What do you do?
The above scenario I know for a fact, according to the US Coast Guard, has happened numerous times. Container freighters have found people that died of thirst (or even worse, salt poisoning from the ocean because when you're severely dehydrated, you become irrational and delusional).
Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, I bet I could paddle until I reached land." Nope, the average human male (5'10", 180lbs, 18-24% body fat) needs 2400-2600 calories a day to maintain weight and energy levels (assuming a good balanced diet). If you're very active (paddling a life raft for several hours a day would qualify), you'd need 3000 calories. Your body basically starts eating itself around 7 days with no caloric intake. Fat goes first, then muscle mass. Look at some of the photos of the people in the Auschwitz concentration camp. and you'll see what I mean. www.thesun.co.uk/news/10829470/colourised-pics-auschwitz-horrors-hitlers-regime-75-years-ago/
Big picture is you're stranded. After 7 days with no water, you're basically going to have a heart attack and die. Some people have been known to go beyond that, but they're keeping themselves in a meditative state (doing little to know exercise).
You're concentrating on the "Big Picture", but you fail to notice the boundaries. Boundaries? Who needs them! This guy who's going to die in 7 days if he doesn't get any water (not to mention food) needs boundaries. Namely, a GPS device, or a transceiver radio, a sat phone, a mirror, or some other device that is capable of tele-communicating with another human being. A clear sky would be nice too (tell east from west.... you know, the Sun rises in the East? Sets in the West?) Also, a clear sky is nice for celestial navigation (if he has a sextant).
All these things are boundaries. So the teacher's and your argument holds very little weight.
@@brianm744 I don't really understand how that's relevant to the course .-.
@@federicocasali1565 The teacher's topic of his classes is human behavior, right? @bruno there is challenging my assertion regarding human behavior. I gave an example of where the teacher's assertion of paying too little attention to boundaries (in regards to human behavior) can be just as bad as paying too much attention to boundaries. That's all I'm saying.
The Greek poet and historian Hesiod (circa 700 BC) wrote in 'Works and Days,' "Observe due measure, moderation is best in all things." This is also what I'm saying.
@bruno claims I'm wrong, but does nothing to substantiate his point of view. I, on the other hand, gave a real world example of my point of view. If anyone wants to, they can go to the US Coast Guard's archive and read about the literally hundred's of cases of finding people in my specific scenario.
I never said the teacher is INcorrect.
@@brianm744 well in your exemple you are simply fucked cuz you are stranded with no tools at your disposal, doesn't really have anything to do about thinking big picture or little picture, once you are in that position you can't magically conjure up some food or clean water or a gps.
Absolutely mind-blowing. What an incredible communicator this professor is. Thank you for sharing this freely with the world!
“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 student later died he poisoned the bagel look it up
@@bobbyfishlips5689 what
It's almost like he knows something about student behavior.
@@schumbo8324 true story man its crazy
@@schumbo8324 it's a joke
if all my professors were like this guy, i’d die happy.
And I’d have retained something.
I had an English teacher who made the works of the greats we studied feel like I was going to space. I am very grateful for her.
@@emeraldcelestial1058
Dude, sophomore junior and senior year I had the same English teacher and he would request me through admin every year :)
🤣😂
Me too
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.
MJ D
Down Syndrome was the lobotomized group with which "there was 'no' problem", I believe.
Thank you!!
@@HighestRank Hey, ur comment interested me,so,I did a little research.
Yes,a large portion of the population that was practiced on did come from those with Down Syndrome ,however, a decent portion were people who had brain tumors that caused seizures and other disabiling side effects.
These are my sources
António Egas Moniz (1874-1955): Lobotomy pioneer and Nobel laureate
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291941/
And there is a short documentary on the UA-cam page of
David Santos titled Egas Moniz on the neurologist life.
If you've got the time you should check it out;it's a pretty interesting take on the inner workings of the science/medical community.
Bless Your Soul
Wow! Great note-taking. You are a very attentive, dedicated, student and individual. :)
I'm Egyptian And I Think this course just changed the way I think about how my brain works Thank you, prof. Sapolsky and thank Stanford,
for a moment I really hoped that I was born and raised in California and joined this university, but I'm grateful for finding out this course is free online
@@bojohannesen4352 i dont know i just love to mention it everywhere 😂😂
LOL love the random nationality drop 🤣
After 5 months, it just hits me how cringe this comment is, but I will not delete it 😂
@@ZIDANz it's history now, you can't delete it!!!
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.
Yeah the intro story was genius.
takeaway from this course?
do you know if there is a website to get the lecture material
I've slept through a lot of lectures. Wouldn't have it this guy was teaching.
He is a Keeper! fascinating !
Utterly astounding how he proceeds with his material as if it was prerecorded in his brain, and nonstop for one hour. I did also watch one of his lectures that went for 1 hour 22 minutes the same way. And he is very endearing because he is obliviously so brilliant yet I do not detect a large ego, only a sense of self confidence and gentle humor.
He's smart enough to know that he doesn't know waaaaaaaaaaay more than he does know. The brain is still such a mystery.
Donna you put my thoughts into words perfectly👌
I think truly intelligent people are the most humble. Like Einstein said the more you learn the less you realize you know.
It's a Stanford professor, not a ghetto middle school teacher. Different planets, different abilities.
You think you know anything about him from this speech, good luck with that.
I have no idea why UA-cam has been recommending me this video for 5 years now but I'm finally watching it.
Why now after 5 years? Lol
@@moreofjosem5363 It took that long for curiosity to get the best of me.
@@tonygabashvili8357 same lol
Lmao, same here!
the one good thing youtube does
I listened to this course twelve years ago when I was still a college student, he's really an awesome teacher.
this guys looks exactly like what you'd expect a professor of human behavioral biology would look like
Exactly
Take a look at the TA's.....they all look like they live in a cave and just rolled out of bed...
He looks a bit crazy i think
He's the most amazing person. I took this class in 2003 or 2004, and his energy really drew everyone into the class. There's a reason it was over-enrolled every quarter it was offered.
Whatever. Everything about this creeps presentation is off-putting. As an " expert" in the field of human behavior, he, like most "experts" is a clueless charlatan.
Massive respect for Dr. Sapolsky - He's making my stay at home during this wretched pandemic not only possible but also very intellectually satisfying. Watching people panic buying toilet paper and then watching this lecture definitely changes one's perspective about human free will (2:18)
same here :D
Saba Sharikadze same here) not the worst way to spend this whatever this is
45:02 Everyone should study behavioral biology... now : specially these times...
I am just upset that this amazing content has been available on youtube for over 9 years and I'm barely finding out.
Hey there, Same. I too was wondering this psychological basis behind hoarding and having everything for oneself and neglecting its impact on others' unprivileged ones.
I have been watching this video for 40 minutes right now.
A: I do not study at Stanford
B: I do not study anything related to biology
C: I have a thermodynamics exam tomorrow
How did you do on your exam? lol
Matt Hughes I passed actually lol, thank you for asking!
This type of knowledge could elevate our quality of life. That's why I'm watching this too. Better than playing video games anyway. And these lectures are quite interesting honestly.
Writing, Tutoring n homework services essayspace1@gmail.com
hang in there brother you are not alone :DDD
The way he connected all those things together so perfectly and keeps the focus of everyone on the class is so brilliant.
Now I understand why people pay so much for those universities.
10 minutes of this man has given me more information than 80% of all my teachers.
Did you question it? I’m current on a research project to show fake research within behavior theory. The roots of it being the loot box issue and how people use poor evidence as fact.
If you ask me, it’s all “the most productive” and evolution pushes that.
He says all animals get a greater domaine hit when it’s a “maybe” over a “confirmed” thing. He doesn’t talk about why and how that mechanic has driven all species to be the best they can be.
When we talk about regulating things that are “more productive” we might run into major issues. He gets into it a bit
HAHA
same..
what pray tell did you learn from this lecture ? catgories, buckets, humans exhibit behaviour no other animal on the planet exhibits? i'm curious. i learned he's a leftie, big leftie but thats about it. poor students.
@@dumbdumber1885 ...what??
Yes but at the same time, you can get comparable teachers and knowledge for 1/5th of the price or for free in other countries...
For everyone asking, the two books are:
1) Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky
2) Chaos: Making New Science by James Gleick
I know the Zebra book, is the one he wrote that he talks about here because he references it briefly at the beginning of the third lecture.
This really should be up top. I scrolled so far for this, searching the word 'book'.
Thank you!
mvp
Andy Giroux thank you, I was searching for it!
Thanks man you are a hero.
This man has had a profound effect on me, thank you for making this material available to the public.
@@LiverpoolReject > Unless I misunderstand your "subtle nudge", Patrick correctly worded his statement about the professor having "a profound effect on (him)". As a noun, the word "effect" is properly used here. In your properly worded example about beard people, notice that "affect" is a verb (expresses action) while "effect" is a noun (a thing); it's only a verb when it means "bring about" as in the sentence "This will effect the change." So the professor had *an effect* on him. Patrick could have used the verb stating, "The professor profoundly affected me" which would've also been correct. However, he chose the proper noun for his sentence structure. The noun "affect" (your recommendation) is not common and generally reserved as a technical term in psychology and psychiatry, as in "The doctor noted his patient's flat affect before they discussed depression." It's also pronounced differently with the stress on the first syllable of "A". I hope this all makes sense. Oh, isn't English fun? Cheers. :)
35 dollars and zero cents? maybe you ought
Leanne Mo thank you I’ve always wondered which meant which. Still confused, but slightly less thanks to you. 😃
definitely
What a great discovery. Feel like I am back in school and loving it. Great for an 86 year old nerd. Makes me feel like my brain still works. I am enthralled.
its damn amazing to see how this guy explains everything so simply without making it boring at any point
That's what great teaching is.
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
🐐
You gem! 😊
yes, yes, yes
🙏
Anything past 41:05 isn't relevant for those who are simply watching this online.
As a non native English speaker, I love the fact that this topic has been explained in such simple yet effective matter. It's an amazing feeling to refresh your memory as well as learn something new. Gotta watch more of these
Absolutely! I am a native English speaker but sometimes I watch lectures in French and it really is nice to exercise two parts of your brain at the same time!
Took me over a year to finish this course, read chaos and went down that rabbithole too! Best course I've ever done!!
you know a class is good when a 15 year old boy watches it voluntairily on his pc in his free time
You also understood 1% of what was talked about here. Go out into the world and explore. Gain experience. Knowledge leads to wisdom, but you also need to put things to the test
Stella, don’t listen to Marco, he doesn’t know the first thing about your life or intellectual abilities. Just because he likely would only have understood 1% of it when he was 15 doesn’t mean that’s true for you. I agree with him in that intellect is best sharpened by a balance between academics and learned experience from a variety of different activities, but that is up to you to find that balance.
@lynell music Good for you ! Never stop learning, or indulging your intellectual cravings !
I think the 15 year old is good.
@@teacherdave27 yeah fuck Marco!
This guy is the type of prof. who is both brilliant and engaging. Lucky students.
When you teach like this, you should be proud in saying it's your profession. Also how much is Standford paying him, because we need teachers like him in every high school, middle school, college, and university. 0_0
Exactly
If this guy was teaching at a local high school, little spoiled kids with pants on their knees would talk over him and look at likes on their inetagram. At least he gets to speak to someone who must listen because of all the debt they are building up by the minute lol
@@tommy2346 That's part of it, but the intelligence of the audience is a more significant factor.
@@Hitsyfication Let's not fall into the bucket of the intelligence of the audience.... sure this is caused by some form of malnutrition at birth ;-)
Indeed!!! If we had teachers like him filling HS, I bet a lot if our problems with hs would get a whole lot better. Unfortunately, high schools usually don't even have one teacher like this...
Man, I was just sitting here wishing I could afford to go back to school and here pops up a series of 50+ lectures from the university I dreamed of going to as a little kid. Life is cool sometimes.
"yeah i took a class at stanford"
7:23 pause
Maybe you should change your name to darren school, so people know😩
..should ask for your money back.. lol
Haha
That’s awesome 👏
when you procrastinate so much you start watching lecture videos💀
we are the same person
Me too.. Lol
This is hilarious hahahaha.
Guiltyyyyy
That's not procrastination
No idea if Prof Sapolsky will ever see this but - ILY Prof Sapolsky. You’re the bomb. Your classes are hilarious, your books are hilarious, you’re hilarious.
You better take damn good care of yourself! You’re a tangible cultural heritage of mankind!! ❤️
@tusnij hes still alive
Just love to hear this professor. Would have loved to have him when I was in college. He loves to teach and loves people, relates really well with his students. And highly intelligent and has a unique interesting personality.
I accidentally clicked on this, but I'm just going to act like I walked into this class, sat down and played it cool.
Same
🥂❤️🤣😂. Me too!!!
The sex talk keeps me interested! Lol
same, i was watching his other video, and this popped up
Lmao. Same.
If I had my ADHD diagnosis and a tutor with this passion 15 years ago, my life would be very different today.
Hello, friend. I have ADHD; I understand you. I decided to go back to college in 2018, at 25/26. I am going to graduate this year... currently, my GPA is 4.0 and hopefully stays that way by December. XD But anyways, I always struggled academically. I went back to prove I can do it. I think ANYONE can succeed if they put their mind to it. Your mind is so, so, SO powerful. Do not ever underestimate your brain! :D
It’s not too late to change your life. All you have to do is step outside your box and start something different.
Never too late for your life to change!
currently struggling with mental health and probably undiagnosed ADHD at 18 :) I dropped all my dreams and left university. Now i don't know what to do with my life... This is the worst feeling ever and i am unable to get help
Mate, I saw someone get diagnosed at 28 with what I quote as ‘off the chart scores’ on two separate NHS tests completely different and on different days, times places etc. The reason they did this when I asked was because they thought he’d done the first one before or had somehow ‘cheated’ on a test where the highest score is not an A. I agreed with them as this character is quick and sharp. But when I was with him receiving the diagnosis he was so genuinelyshocked and surprised. He regarded many of the physical behaviour symptomatic of the disorder to be a boon. The only solace he received was that it explained the inability to ‘switch off’ when trying to sleep
he is so good at encouraging people to speak up, and he doesn't shut anyone down for a "wrong" answer. i love it
With the two books -Behave and Determined-in hand, I can easily understand what this brilliant professor outlines here. I am a sociologist and have learned so much in these lectures. Thank you!!
Good to see that Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky has maintained the Official 1968 Approved Look for Professors.
Yeah! And Socrates too!
There is no trash talk from this professor... everything coming from his month mean something important for the students... he is amazing.
Tbh, this is probably why Stanford cost so much, because students that attend do actually learn from great teachers, draw you into the knowledge.
I had a wonderful professor that taught at Stanford and then "retired" and taught at our local community college, where I took biopsychology and social psychology. He inspired me so much-I went all the way to complete my master's degree.
Like your comment thank you for that. This is exactly what teacher suppose to do "inspire".
Asha Luna Awww, yay! That’s so awesome! 😊😃
I am listening to this lecture totally out of curiosity and I find the lecture extremely informative, and enlightening. His interesting delivery of the lectures made me think about why I haven't done my major in human behavioral biology! I find the topic extremely interesting and I am gonna finish listening to all the lectures in this lecture series. Thank you for making the knowledge easily accessible.
This is probably the only university lecture which:
A. Made me feel good while listening to it, and
B. Made me feel sad when it was over
what about c?
I had so many lectures like this. Makes me so nostalgic. And makes my brain wriggle with glee.
Robert would claim you didn't need to categorize your answers
Where did you go to school? D. L. Diehl
this is great as i use his lecture to compare notes to medittive arts and chnaging human behavior
I didn't even graduate high school, but I'm here attending at Stanford.
Hahaha
Like a boss
Haha
Never too late to take an alternative pathway to university or college if you want to man 💪
It is never too late to become what you might have been.. T.S. Elliot
Keep learning Kepler It is great you decided to go on your own and learn a bit more than basic education. In doing so you will enrich your mind and your life.
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 🙌
I know him personally and each Monday he logs into his PC at work, check the views on his videos all while grinning like a maniac and laughing hysterically.
Does he read the comments on his videos? He’s helped *tonssss* of people !
imagine if all teachers were like this guy. students would learn as much in a week as theyre doing now in a year.
Zeddy Takes more than a teacher. Good funding, and homes.
The problem is that teachers and professors are chosen based on how well they know the subject matter based on their own achievements and performance in the field, when they should be chosen based on how well they are able to educate others.
If things are easy to learn, they're likely pseudo-intellectual pop-psych knowledge, like this absolutely is. Look up the Frankfurt school.
@@cellasedui6061 BROTHER! The one non-armchair biologist in the comments. Finally.
Realistically, education doesn't do a whole lot. People capable of learning a lot more will learn nearly all of it on their own (autodidacty) and people who aren't capable of learning much will effectively learn to memorize answers in order to get through college classes that have been dumbed down for them.
Basically, there are lots of kids going to college who would have been better served stopping after highschool and finding a job that wouldn't land them in tens or a hundred thousand dollars in debt in order to... not be employed anyway.
Our ability to access information and learning is so great today that the "he would have earned more if higher educated" doesn't fly at all. Even hundreds of years ago people would teach themselves to read in multiple languages if they actually cared to. Now it's literally at their fingertips, available nigh-instantly through a cellphone or computer. If they aren't learning, it's not the education opportunities, it's the people.
English is my third language and I live in georgia,a country that's beyond being saved because of the government and the environment they have created for us. I'm so happy to be able to access videos like this,even if it's a little bit hard for me to understand. Hopefully one day I'll be able to sit in rooms with such amazing people and get educated. Thank you❤
From God proceeds ALL WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, DISCERNMENT, DISCRETION, COUNSEL, MIGHT AND THE FEAR OF THE LORD. Seek first the Kingdom of God and all things shall be added unto you. God said : If you seek Me, you shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Call upon Me and I will show you GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS you know not.
Search the Scriptures, for in it you will find life....and answers to everything.....Read the Bible, Tanakh, and Quran.
I was in grad school with a woman who worked with women from Armenia and Georgia. School is great, but what you learn from living is better. I would love to see your region of the world.
Salvation is always possible as long as that is your will...
Tbilisi Georgia?
What needs to happen in order for you to sit in rooms such as this one and receive the academic education that you hope for?
Good teachers like this are so underrated and under-appreciated!
and probably underpaid too
i cannot imagine him being under appreciated by his students. There's not a single criticism of Robert Saposky.
i think he might be underpaid. i have a feeling that he doesn’t mind as long he can blowdart Baboons in east Africa in the summers.
Now that is one university professor with worthy of the Alpha Male Brofessor with the Epic Beard title and bear to bractice on.
He works is Stanford University brah. I'm 30 year old guy who never went to college. And I'm watching this from another end of the world. I don't think he's under appreciated. And something tells me he doesn't care of money or material possession that much:)
@@gauravmerugu7415 The average Stanford University Professor salary is $192,641. I'm guessing he's not underpaid
I grew up in 80s and 90s in small town in India. Touched and experienced computer and internet first time in my early 20s. The current generation is so lucky to have free access to wealth of information. It is just disappointing when I see 99% of the people just watch useless things than stuff that matters.
Thanks for making it free, hope you add more.
I intend to watch such high quality videos as many as I can until I close my eyes permanently..
The way he pulls you in is pretty incredible, i've watched many university lectures on UA-cam from schools like MIT to UCBerkely and this guy is by far the best, Stanford is lucky to have him.
Hi there Rambo. Do you like Geology? Check out Rick Zentner from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. These two; Sapolsky and Zentner are amazing professors. Amazing.
this is the most fun ive had listening to someone who isnt a stand-up comic. I wish i had more teachers like him.
Kudos to the person operating the camera, they kept him in the frame the entire hour, left right left right left right.
Absolutely not kudos.... should have pulled back to a wider shot to not need to pan as much. Also, they completely ignored the board.
hahaha
@flowmaster8 That's some quality auto-tracking at 52:05 when the AI camera operator completely swivels around to show the silent TA's. I'm such a noob I didn't realize things like this were possible in 2011.
Love this series on the site. Thank you to Stanford for keeping these up. And THANK YOU Robert Sapolsky for sharing your knowledge to those willing to listen!
Smart professor stupid school
I can't believe that a university that charges something like $50.000 a year for there classes, films them and letting me watch them for free. I'm in college to become a health care professional in the Netherlands. The focus in the information handed to me in college revolves around external factors like social interaction. These video's give me an introduction to a brother view and of the information is really helping me to better understand the bigger picture. Its things like this that make my day!
Don’t get the credentials
54:00
It is the piece of paper that says Diploma that employers say they care about. Som even wanna see the details and grades. Those employers are few and far between...Just educate your brain! Take a graphics class and learn how to Fake the papers! 😂
I wish there were clones of this professor, each of which specialized in different subjects. I could listen everything...
Can you explain the point on 14:10 to me? I didn't get the B and P thing
@@Its-a-me-maddy “I want you to practice on a bear” he meant to say pear. If you base your intellect on categories, you’ll miss context and nuances which could lead to the example he gave
I could cleverly but with false assumptions explain to you why you think differently from me but does that mean I am right, no of course not.
Alright. But we’re going to have to raise each clone in a different environment, we can make his clones specialise in whatever we want.
Yes I would have easily passed anatomy and physiology if he taught it!
Watching this on my VR headset. I'm basically a Stanford graduate at this point.
😂
Ooooh, cool! I'm gonna check this out in VR too.
Maybe you can get a virtual degree. 😁
lmaoooo
@@BassByTheBay a degree with information from more than 10 years ago
Professor Robert Sapolsky's lectures are particularly enjoyable for me.
For anyone enjoying these lectures in 2019 and forward, Sapolsky's new book Behave covers pretty much the same territory as this lecture series with ever-so-slightly different organization. For audio learners, though the audio book is not narrated by Sapolsky himself, he has chosen a dynamic reader who conveys the material clearly and entertainingly. If nothing else, the book is an excellent companion piece that reinforces the material he covers here.
Primal in Pink so same study, but with new categories? 😂
@@Rickkelley365 Not new categories per se, but he arranged the information slightly differently. For example, the lectures on neuroanatomy and the basics of the endocrine system are in the appendices tucked in the back of the book. You can reference them if you need to, but they're not part of the main text. He is also less formal about discussing the different "buckets" identified in the first half of this lecture series - they're just integrated throughout the book as needed.
@@sarahgiggles9444 thanks for the info. Do you know the other book he was talking about? the one he wrote that he mentioned.?
@@adityashah5597 It's been a moment since I listened to this first lecture, but I believe it was his earlier book "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers"
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!
really inspiring...thank u for leaving this comment...I just completed my levels and I am just confused which major should I jump to...
I hope you are happy in residency now!
What an enjoyable lecture, I love educators like this
ikr. Hes so attractive too LOL.
@@jasonwalk5644 fr. LMAO
Everytime i am so impressed how professionel and easy understandable the teachers at elite schools teach.
Thank you for this upload and Thanx Mr. Sapolsky
embodiment of perfect teacher: wit,style and substance
athestic truth passion and audience inclusion.
@SpyingDutchman That's one way in looking at it.