Evolutionary Psychology

Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales. He was previously Head of Psychology at Bath Spa University, and for seven years was the interviews editor for The Psychologist. His teaching and research interests are in biological and evolutionary psychology, and he has published widely on both human and animal behaviour. Workman regularly comments on developments in psychology in the media, making over 1000 appearances in the last thirty years, and has hosted his own series on psychology for Radio Wales. Will Reader is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. His research interests and publications include the relationship between evolution and technology (particularly social media and the internet), and education research and human-computer interaction. He has twice won awards for inspirational teaching. He has presented his work on evolution and social media at both academic conferences and to members of the business community, and enjoys writing blogs on evolution and psychology.

• Preface; Foreword; 1. Introduction to evolutionary psychology; 2. Principles of evolutionary change; 3. Sexual selection; 4. The evolution of human mate choice; 5. Cognitive development, modularity and innateness; 6. Social development and morality; 7. The evolutionary psychology of social behaviour: kin relationships and conflict; 8. The evolutionary psychology of social behaviour: reciprocity and conflict; 9. Evolution, thought and cognition; 10. The evolution of language; 11. The evolution of emotion; 12. Evolutionary psychopathology and Darwinian medicine; 13. Evolution and individual differences; 14. The evolution of culture; Glossary; References; Index.

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