SOCIOGRAM AND SOCIOMETRY

1. TOOLS FOR ASSESSING
GROUP INTERACTION

2. NEED FOR ASSESSMENT
• Group work, under proper conditions,
encourages peer learning and peer support
and many studies validate the efficacy of
peer learning. Under less than ideal
conditions, group work can become the
vehicle for acrimony, conflict and freeloading.
It may also impose a host of unexpected
stresses on

3. Three good reasons for group learning
1. Peer learning can improve the overall
quality of learning
2. Group work can help develop specific
generic skills
3. Group work may reduce the workload
involved in assessing, grading and providing
feedback

4. Designing group activities that work
Is there a best model for group work? Probably
not, for the ‘best’ model depends much on the
context.
Planning considerations
1. Determining group membership
2. Establishing the roles and responsibilities of
group
members
3. Scheduling group meetings
4. Defining group processes

5. TOOLS

6. Sociogram
• A sociogram is a visual depiction of the
relationships between a specific group. The
purpose of a sociogram is to uncover the
underlying relationships between people. A
sociogram can be used to increase your
understanding of group behaviors

7. • A sociogram is a graphic representation
of social links that a person has. It is a graph
drawing that plots the structure of
interpersonal relations in a group situation.

8. • Sociograms were developed by Jacob L
Moreno to analyze choices or preferences
within a group. They can diagram the
structure and patterns of group interactions.
A sociogram can be drawn on the basis of
many different criteria: Social relations,
channels of influence, lines of
communication etc.

9. • Under the, sociograms are sometimes Social
Discipline Model used to reduce misbehavior in a
classroom environment. A sociogram is constructed
after students answer a series of questions probing
for affiliations with other classmates. The diagram
can then be used to identify pathways for social
acceptance for misbehaving students. In this context,
the resulting sociograms are known as a friendship
chart. Often, the most important person/thing is in a
bigger bubble in relation to everyone else. The size of
the bubble represents the importance, with the
biggest bubble meaning most important and the
smallest representing the least important.

10. Sociometry
• Sociometry is a quantitative method for
measuring social relationships. It was
developed by psychotherapist Jacob L.
Moreno in his studies of the relationship
between social structures
and psychological well-being.

11. ETYMOLOGY
• 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

12. • Sociometry is a branch of the social sciences
based on the work of Jacob L. Moreno, M.D.
(1890-1974) which studies the formation and
construction of groups and which features
methods to describe and account for the
interpersonal relations in groups. The degree of
acceptance and rejection for others in specific
roles is obtained, measured, and depicted in
ways to facilitate open discussing of the
individual's impact on the group's structure and
cohesion, and the group's construction as it
impacts the individual.

13. TWO BRANCHES
• RESEARCH SOCIOMETRY
• APPLIED SOCIOMETRY

14. RESEARCH SOCIOMETRY
• Action research with groups exploring the
socio-emotional networks of relationships
using specified criteria
• For e.g.: who in this group do you want to sit
beside you at work? Who in the group do you
go to for advice on a work problem? Who in
the group do you see providing satisfying
leadership in the pending project

15. APPLIED SOCOMETRY
• Range of methods to assist people and
groups review, expand and develop their
existing psycho-social networks of
relationships

16. Applications of Sociometry
• Sociometric methods have been applied in:
• Family therapy
• Counselling psychotherapy patients
• Education, in classrooms and the training of teachers
• Town planning and community building
• Political campaigns
• Business and industry, particularly in organization
development
• Children's camps
• Military services

17. CONCLUSION
• It is necessary to assess group interaction, for
the healthy functioning of group. Sociogram
and sociometry plays a vital role in
assessment. It helps to reduce misbehavior
within the group.

18. REFERENCES
• SCIENTIFIC SOCIAL SURVEYS AND RESEARCH
– PAULINE V. YOUNG
• WIKIPEDIA

19. THANK YOU