Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky · first published 2017 · ISBN 9780143110910
Sapolsky traces behavior across timescales, from the neural firing milliseconds before an action to the evolutionary pressures over millennia that shaped human conduct. He integrates neurobiology, endocrinology, development, and social context to explain why people act the way they do.
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For students planning clinical, social, or neuroscience paths, this book is irreplaceable. It models the kind of systems thinking that distinguishes graduate-level psychology from undergraduate survey courses and builds your vocabulary for talking about behavior at multiple levels of analysis.