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About the Sociometry Method
The method of sociometric measurements or Sociometry is used to diagnose interpersonal and intergroup relations with the aim of changing, improving, and perfecting them. Sociometry can be used to study the typology of social behavior in group settings and to assess the socio-psychological compatibility of members of specific groups. The founder of sociometry was the renowned American psychiatrist and social psychologist Jacob Moreno.
The sociometric measurement method allows us to obtain information about:
- socio-psychological relationships within a group;
- the status of people in the group;
- psychological compatibility and cohesion within the group.
In general, the goal of sociometry is to study the informal structural aspect of a social group and the psychological atmosphere that prevails within it.
History of Creation
Sociometry was developed in research on resolving various conflicts in small groups.
Applied sociometry, in the form of specialized survey and data processing techniques (sociometric tests, sociomatrices, sociograms, sociometric indices), was developed in research on resolving various conflicts in small groups. It has found wide application among sociologists and social psychologists in many countries. Modern sociological and social-psychological studies of small groups and primary (contact) groups almost always include sociometry as a primary or additional method.
Jacob (Jacob) Levy Moreno
(May 18, 1889, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania—May 14, 1974, New York, USA)—psychiatrist, psychologist, and sociologist. Founder of psychodrama, sociometry and Group psychotherapy.
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