Your Behavior

"Your Behavior" will help you do these three things:

• Understand why you do the things you do.
• Understand why other people do what they do.
• Change your behavior if you really want to.

"Your Behavior" was written to help readers know themselves better and to move psychology beyond the outdated thinking that now dominates it.  Having first studied engineering, I came into psychology with a strong background in the "hard sciences."  Apparently as a result, after obtaining a B.A. in psychology, I felt that psychology was a "soft science" still in the Middle Ages. That feeling, for the most part, persists to this day.  Given my dissatisfaction, I attempted to develop an improved model of human behavior.  While researching the huge number of theories and models that have been developed concerning what we do, I found that systems theory and Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) expressed what I was trying to achieve. In particular, when I discovered PCT, it became clear that I had found a unifying framework and model that met what I was striving for, and that I could do no better than to share its perspectives with others. The book Your Behavior is the result.

To do these things well, you will learn how your body works to control what you perceive, experience, and do. You will also learn things that are at the cutting edge of psychology—things that some believe mark the beginning of a revolution in the way that we understand human behavior.

You can start your journey of discovery by purchasing "Your Behavior" at: Amazon.com and at: Barnes and Noble.

Book Reviews

The following are reviews of "Your Behavior". Have a look if you wish to see what others think of the book.

"Other books claim they’ll change your life; Your Behavior gives you the tools to change it yourself." Review by Yuliya Geikham, US Review of Books

“Pfau’s objective is clear from the start. Rather than seeking to persuade, he seeks to educate.” – Review by Fred Good, via Distance Consulting

“A real bonus included in Part IV, are the two chapters on how to analyze your own behavior and, if we choose, how to change it.” – Review by Lloyd Klinedinst, via Distance Consulting

“A comprehensive study of human behavior in an eminently readable format....An elegantly constructed and organized scientific exploration and self-help work." – Kirkus Reviews

“An insightful, well-researched, and empowering perspective on behavior, Your Behavior demonstrates just how much our perceptions affect our behavior, and how through changing them we can dramatically improve our lives." – Review by Claire Nana, Psych Central

“Thoroughly researched, accessibly written, and insightful, Your Behavior will help you understand where your own, as well as others’ behavior, comes from." – Review by Danielle McManus, San Francisco Book Review

“This is a very comprehensive work that is clearly presented. Your Behavior is a good book for anyone interested in behavioral change with a theory backing it that encompasses a comprehensive system from the cellular level up." – Review by Stan Rockwell, Psych Central

"I gasp at the author's grasp of salient knowledge presented in an engaging, readable style. Yes, a good read; read it!" – Review by John Kirkland, Goodreads