Social Distance in Psychology! Each human being has affiliations with his family, his caste, his village, his language group, his religious sect, his nationality and so on. This membership of one's group is basic to our existence. Otherwise we are purushapasus. We become human beings with foresight and understanding, because we are socialized by our parents, our relatives, our teachers [...]
The below mentioned article provides study notes on social distance scale. Sociologist R.E. Park (1923) coined the term social distance for the first time while describing the observed fact that the kinds of situations in which contact occurs between a dominant group and subordinates vary in their degree of intimacy like, from Kinship by marriage, residence in the same neighbourhood, [...]
In this article we will discuss about Social Distance. After reading this article you will learn about: 1. Meaning of Social Distance 2. Determinants of Social Distance 3. Criteria 4. Reduction. Meaning of Social Distance: Social distance is the psychological gap between members of two prejudiced groups. Prejudice can be measured through social distance. Social distance in other words, is [...]
