The document discusses sociometry, a technique for analyzing group dynamics and social relationships within a group, originally developed by J.L. Moreno. It highlights its purposes, applications in various fields such as education and industry, and the benefits of sociograms for understanding group behaviors and fostering improvements in social interactions. Key points for effective application of sociometry include establishing a clear objective, creating a supportive environment, and ensuring confidentiality of results.

2. TECHNIQUES USED IN
COUNSELING
■ 1. Techniques for getting to
know an individual
■ 2. Techniques based on
self-expressing
■ 3. Techniques

3. 1.WHAT IS SOCIOMETRY?
■ Socious (in latin) = partner/friend
■ Metrum (in latin) = measurment
■ The word ‘socimetry’ which comes from
French to our language means as the
effects of social life&friendship on an
individual.

4. 2.WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES
OF APPLYING SOCIOMETRY?
■ To learn the interaction & the structure of a
group
■ To discover where exactly an individual exists in
that group
■ To elicit social relationship and the organization
type of a group through analyzing attitudes &
aptitudes of group members among eachother
■ To identify subgroups,leaders and cliques of a
group
■ To obtain objective information about the real
structure of a group and group integrity.

5. HISTORY OF SOCIOMETRY
■ The origins of socimetric techniques are based
on the idea that ‘‘induction methods’’ that are
carried out in applied sciences can also be
applied in social sciences.
(E.Durkheim&H.Spencer)
■ J.L.Moreno(1934) ,who was affected by this
idea,put forward sociometry theories
and techniques to the literature.
■ Having been developed since 1950s in
America,
socimetry ,then,spread around Europe and
other countries.
■ IN OUR COUNTRY, upon colloborating with
Moreno Uberliningen Institute for educational

6. The importance and functions of
Sociometry
■ It enables us to learn about the group dynamics
and evaluate socialization levels of students
after some social activities and their effects on
reaching the intended goal.
■ It helps school administration,teachers and
counseling department by providing detailed
information about the general structure & the
social relationships of the group by preparing
social plans&programmes to develop them in a
better way and to find solutions to the problems.
■ After applying these regulations,groups can
be re-constructed to increase efficiency in
their performance.

7. ■ Due to being not an analyse of an invidual
only,but the analyse of a person in a
whole group, this technique gives us
extensive amount of information about a
lot of people at the same time.
■ Sociometry also gives us a chance to
identify the distance/closeness of the
group members with eachother and the
interaction net among them.
■ Additionally,it is beneficial in preventing
adaptation problems after having the
application results in the hand.

8. AREAS THAT SOCIOMETRY CAN
BE APPLIED
■ EDUCATION
■ INDUSTRY
■ SERVICE AND PUBLIC
SECTOR, and sometimes
even in:
■ ARMY ☺

9. What is A Sociogram?
A sociogram is a charting of the inter-
relationships within a group. Its purpose is to
discover group structure: i.e., the basic
"network" of friendship patterns and sub-group
organization. The relations of any one child to
the group as a whole are another type of
information which can be derived from a
sociogram. A sociogram's value to a teacher is in
its potential for developing greater
understanding of group behavior so that
he/she
may operate more wisely in group management
and curriculum development. Sociograms may
be constructed in a variety of ways. The
methods described here re ones which teachers
have used and found not too difficult or time
consuming.

10. THE APPLICATION OF
SOCIOMETRY
KINDS OF QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED:
NAME/SURNAME: DATE: ../../….
-With which of your friend would you like to go on a trip?
-With which of your friend would you like to study and do
your homework together?
1st preferance: ………………………………………….
2nd preferance:
………………………………………… 13rd
preferance: ……………………………………….

11. SOME CHARACTER TYPES
OBSERVED IN SOCIMETRY
■ Leaders
■ Isolated ones
■ Rejected ones
■ Groups in-pairs
■ Cliques
■ Relationships in-chain

16. Some crucial points to be cared in
the application of Socimetry
■ A good and clear explanation should be made
to express the aim of the technique before the
application
■ A friendly and attentive classroom
atmosphere should be created.
■ Class members should have known eachother since
about 6 months to get valid&reliable results
■ It must be applied to the students who can read and
write
■ Socimetry principles ought to be taken into
account during application
■ Application should be repeated periodically to see
if there is any improvement or change.
■ Results has to be kept as a secret and not to use
for other purposes.

17. REFERENCE LIST
■ Özgüven,İ.E.,(2005)Psychological Consultation and
Counseling in Modern Education: Techniques For
Getting To Know An Individual,published in Ankara
■ Demir,T.,(2011) KPSS Uzman Kariyer
Publications,Counseling,published in Ankara
■ http://www.users.muohio.edu/shermalw/sociomet
ryfiles/socio_are.htmlx
■ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociogram
■ http://www.sociometry.co.nz/sociometric_symbols
.htm
■ http://what-when-how.com/social-

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