Sociometry

Sociometry is a qualitative method for measuring social relationships. It was developed by psychotherapist Jacob L. Moreno and Helen Hall Jennings in their studies of the relationship between social structures and psychological well-being, and used during Remedial Teaching.1st Grade2nd Grade3rd Grade4th Grade5th Grade6th Grade7th Grade8th Grade Sociometry is a qualitative method for measuring social relationships. It was developed by psychotherapist Jacob L. Moreno and Helen Hall Jennings in their studies of the relationship between social structures and psychological well-being, and used during Remedial Teaching. The term sociometry relates to its Latin etymology, socius meaning companion, and metrum meaning measure. Jacob Moreno defined sociometry as 'the inquiry into the evolution and organization of groups and the position of individuals within them.' He goes on to write 'As the ...science of group organization, it attacks the problem not from the outer structure of the group, the group surface, but from the inner structure'. 'Sociometric explorations reveal the hidden structures that give a group its form: the alliances, the subgroups, the hidden beliefs, the forbidden agendas, the ideological agreements, the ‘stars’ of the show.' Moreno developed sociometry as one of the newly developing social sciences. He states: 'The chief methodological task of sociometry has been the revision of the experimental method so that it can be applied effectively to social phenomena.' (Moreno, 2012:39)