Summary of Matthew D. Lieberman's Social

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The same relationship that can make you so happy can make life feel like it isn’t worth living when the relationship is over or a loved one has passed on. Our brains have been built to feel so much pain at the loss of a loved one.
#2 The response of social pain is a result of our brains’ evolution to experience threats to our social connections in the same way they experience physical pain. It helps ensure the survival of our children by keeping them close to us.
#3 The second presidential debate between President Ronald Reagan and challenger Walter Mondale was held on October 21, 1984. It was won by Reagan because of his comedic timing, which allowed him to carry the day. Mondale didn’t exactly have a spring chicken attitude, but viewers thought Reagan was funny because a small group of strangers in the audience thought he was funny.
#4 The brain has a network devoted to social reasoning, which is the second of the three major brain adaptations. The more someone is focused on a problem, the more that person may be likely to alienate others around him or her who could help solve the problem.

Sujets

• Life science
• Neuroscience
• Love
• Love (disambiguation)

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 26 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669365631
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Matthew D. Lieberman's Social
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The same relationship that can make you so happy can make life feel like it isn’t worth living when the relationship is over or a loved one has passed on. Our brains have been built to feel so much pain at the loss of a loved one.

#2

The response of social pain is a result of our brains’ evolution to experience threats to our social connections in the same way they experience physical pain. It helps ensure the survival of our children by keeping them close to us.

#3

The second presidential debate between President Ronald Reagan and challenger Walter Mondale was held on October 21, 1984. It was won by Reagan because of his comedic timing, which allowed him to carry the day. Mondale didn’t exactly have a spring chicken attitude, but viewers thought Reagan was funny because a small group of strangers in the audience thought he was funny.

#4

The brain has a network devoted to social reasoning, which is the second of the three major brain adaptations. The more someone is focused on a problem, the more that person may be likely to alienate others around him or her who could help solve the problem.

#5

Our brains are designed to be influenced by others. We will come to hold the beliefs and values of those around us, and this is no exception for presidential debates.

#6

Our social nature is central to our success as a species. We have a massive blind spot for our own social wiring, however, and we operate on erroneous theories of how humans function that are hurting society.

#7

Humans have developed an unparalleled ability to understand the actions and thoughts of those around them, which allows them to stay connected and interact strategically. This capacity allows humans to create groups that can implement any idea and anticipate the needs and wants of those around them.

#8

The self is a recent evolutionary gift. It appears to be a mechanism for distinguishing us from others, but in reality, it helps us socialize with others. It operates as a powerful force for social cohesiveness.

#9

We are adapted to be highly social, but the institutions through which we live our lives are not adapted to us. We are being forced into round holes, and institutions often focus on IQ and income, missing out on the social factors that drive us.

#10

I came to the brain as an outsider, having a PhD in social psychology. I understand how intimidating the brain can be, as it is the seat of who we are and holds the keys to unlocking untold mysteries.

#11

The brain is constantly practicing something, and it is extremely important to our success and well-being. The brain did not evolve over millions of years to spend its free time practicing something irrelevant to our lives.

#12

The brain has regions that become more active when we are doing nothing, called default regions. They are typically activated when we are doing nothing, and scientists have been trying to figure out what they are for years.

#13

The default network is the set of regions in the brain that turn on when you are doing nothing. It comes on by default when other tasks are finished. It is natural to describe this network as the set of regions in the brain that turn on when you are doing nothing.

#14

The default network is the network that comes on when we are given a break from performing cognitive tasks. It is involved in social cognition, the capacity to think about other people and ourselves.

#15

The default network is active during rest, and it is believed that this network is a cause of our interest in the social world. However, there is evidence that this network activity may reflect an evolved predisposition to think about the social world in our free time.

#16

The brain’s default network is engaged for almost all of our lives, and it is this network that helps us become experts in the social world. It is a cause, rather than a consequence, of our focus on the social world.

#17

The brain’s free time is devoted to thinking socially. It is used to process social information and prepare us for social life. Without this practice, we would not be prepared to think and behave socially.

#18

The popular conception of human nature, which emerged from psychology over the last century, suggests that we are a hybrid of reptilian, instinct-driven motivational tendencies and superior higher-level analytic powers. But that doesn’t mean our brains evolved to do those particular things.

#19

Our sociality is an accident, and yet we are wired to feel empathy and compassion for the plight of others. We give to others for many reasons, but one reason is that we are wired to feel compassion for the plight of others.

#20

The brain has separate networks to support social and nonsocial thinking. When we switch from thinking socially to thinking nonsocially, we feel as if we have simply changed topics, rather than changing the way in which we are thinking.

#21

The human brain is larger than the brains of other species, and this is due to the fact that humans have the highest social cognitive skills. The human brain is also predicted well by body size, which means that a lot of brain tissue is needed to oversee the body.

#22

The human brain’s energy consumption is due to its size. It is not much of an exaggeration to say we live to feed our brains. The brain’s size is a result of evolution having selected for brain growth only if it helped primates solve problems critical to survival and reproduction.

#23

The third hypothesis is that we have bigger brains so that we can connect and cooperate with one another. Our social nature is not an accident of having a larger brain, but rather a major reason for why we evolved to have a larger brain.

#24

The most obvious advantage of larger groups is that predators can be strategically avoided or dealt with more successfully. However, there is also increased competition for food and mating partners within the group.

#25

The same is true for humans. To give an example, every year, thousands of undergraduates apply to the most prestigious PhD programs in the United States. A big part of getting in is having persuasive letters of recommendation that are sent on your behalf.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

We all speak, and most of us are quite comfortable speaking with friends, family, and colleagues. But the public part of public speaking is what terrifies us – whether it’s speaking in front of a dozen, a hundred, or a thousand strangers.

#2

The human brain is built in such a way that a broken heart feels as painful as a broken leg. The human infant brain is typically only a quarter of its adult size, and it matures as much as is possible in the womb.

#3