William Graham Sumner

Examples of William Graham Sumner in the following topics:

• Folkways and Mores

  • William Graham Sumner , an early U.S. sociologist, recognized that some norms are more important to our lives than others.
  • Sumner coined the term mores to refer to norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.
  • Sumner also coined the term folkway to refer to norms for more routine or casual interaction.

• Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

  • Ethnocentrism, a term coined by William Graham Sumner, is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of your own ethnic culture and the belief that that is in fact the "right" way to look at the world.

• Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism

  • The term was coined by William Graham Sumner, a social evolutionist and professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University.

• The Development of Sociology in the U.S.

  • Though originated by Spencer, these ideas were advanced in the United States by William Graham Sumner, an economist and sociologist at Yale.
  • Ward disagreed with Spencer and Sumner and, in contrast to their laissez-faire approach, promoted active intervention.