Human evolution and human psychology

Tutors, examiners, researchers and textbook writers all tell us how important it is to be active in our learning. Here, Paul Humphreys gives some useful activities that will consolidate and enhance your understanding of the article you have just read.

Steven Rose is one of the foremost writers to take a critical stance towards evolutionary psychology. I hope you will consider reading the book he co-edited with Hilary Rose: Alas Poor Darwin (see References on page 18). At PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW, of course, we aim for a balanced approach. Volume 15 contained a regular column called ‘An evolutionary psychologist explains’.

1 Use the PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW online archive to find Lance Workman’s article in Vol. 15, No. 3 (February 2010), ‘The evolution of gender roles’.