Summary of Lisa Wade's Terrible Magnificent Sociology

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

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#1 We’re a social species. We’ve evolved to cooperate. We’re designed to live in cooperative communities. Even fake exclusion, like playing a computer game in which people throw a Frisbee back and forth to each other but not you, causes distress. We’re not designed to be alone. -> We are a social species. It’s unnatural for us to be alone.

#2 We are a social species. We’ve evolved to cooperate, and we’re designed to live in cooperative communities. It’s unnatural for us to be alone.

#3 We are individuals, but we are not, have never been, and were never meant to be alone. We are products of our communities and are influenced by them.

#4 We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We’re designed to live in cooperative communities, and even fake exclusion causes distress.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350032475

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

We’re a social species. We’ve evolved to cooperate. We’re designed to live in cooperative communities. Even fake exclusion, like playing a computer game in which people throw a Frisbee back and forth to each other but not you, causes distress. We’re not designed to be alone. -> We are a social species. It’s unnatural for us to be alone.

#2

We are a social species. We’ve evolved to cooperate, and we’re designed to live in cooperative communities. It’s unnatural for us to be alone.

#3

We are individuals, but we are not, have never been, and were never meant to be alone. We are products of our communities and are influenced by them.

#4

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We’re designed to live in cooperative communities, and even fake exclusion causes distress.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Durkheim made society into an object of empirical inquiry, meaning that it involves looking to the world for evidence with which scientists can test their hunches.

#2

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#3

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#4

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#5

We are social animals that have evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#6

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#2

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#3

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#4

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#5

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

#6

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone.

Insights from Chapter 4

#1

Our self-concepts are formed through a process in which we choose, interpret, and imagine the views of others. We typically overestimate the extent to which other people like us.

#2

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone. We learn to speculate as to what generalized others might think of us and tap into our ideas of how an average member of a certain group might evaluate us.

#3

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone. We learn to speculate as to what generalized others might think of us and tap into our ideas of how an average member of a certain group might evaluate us.

#4

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone. We learn to speculate as to what generalized others might think of us and tap into our ideas of how an average member of a certain group might evaluate us.

#5

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate. We are designed to live in cooperative communities, and it is unnatural for us to be alone. We learn to speculate as to what generalized others might think of us and tap into our ideas of how an average member of a certain group might evaluate us.

#6

We are a social species that has evolved to cooperate.