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Evolutionary Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction to evolutionary psychology, which examines behaviour, thoughts, and emotions in relation to evolutionary theory.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL SELECTION AND GENETICS
CHAPTER 2. SEXUAL SELECTION AND MATE CHOICE
CHAPTER 3. LIVING WITH OTHERS: EVOLUTION, SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND MORALITY
CHAPTER 4. EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 5. THINKING AND FEELING: COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
CHAPTER 6. WHY DO PEOPLE VARY? INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND MENTAL ILLNESS
CHAPTER 7. EVOLUTION, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE
About the author
Will Reader is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. Previously he taught at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, at Cardiff University, at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales), and The University of York, where he completed his DPhil in 1994.
Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales in the UK. Previously head of the Psychology Department at Bath Spa University, he received an undergraduate degree in psychology and biology (BA Joint Hons) from Keele University and his doctorate (DPhil) in animal behaviour from the University of Sussex. In 1990 he set up the first undergraduate module in Evolutionary Psychology at a British University.
Summary
Evolutionary Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction to evolutionary psychology, which examines behaviour, thoughts, and emotions in relation to evolutionary theory.
