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Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction Paperback – 9 October 2025

Lance Workman . Cambridge University Press . English

The fully revised fifth edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook provides a thought-provoking introduction to evolutionary psychology, while assuming no prior knowledge of evolutionary theory. The authors continue to carefully guide students towards a level of understanding where they can critically apply evolutionary theory to psychological explanation, providing an engaging and balanced discussion of the field. New material has been added on female homosexuality, artificial intelligence and language, cooking and human brain expansion, Covid-19 and rates of evolutionary change, and the effects of digital media on mental health. This edition also has new and revised boxed case studies, many new figures, extra discussion questions, and additional further reading suggestions. The text is accompanied by online resources including an updated test bank and lecture slides, as well as new answers to the end-of-chapter questions. This is essential reading for students taking undergraduate and graduate courses in evolutionary psychology.

Categories: Social Sciences

About the Author

Lance Workman is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of South Wales and a free-lance science writer who was formally Head of Psychology at Bath Spa University. He has published widely on both human and animal behaviour and was for 7 years interviews editor for ‘The Psychologist’. His teaching and research interests are in biological & evolutionary psychology. He has refereed over 100 journal articles. Lance regularly appears in the media commenting on developments in psychology in the national press, television and radio making over 1000 appearances over the last twenty five years including his own series on psychology for Radio Wales. Whilst working in Australia in the 1980s Lance was bitten by a red-backed spider and talked gibberish for a couple of days. Nobody noticed any difference. His electric guitar playing has been described as ‘truly awful’.

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