THE "SOCIOMETRIC FIELD"-A NEW TRAINING AND RESEARCH TOOL

Abstract

The Sociometric Field is a new auxiliary training device which combines some features of standard sociometric tests, such as the subject's positive or negative choices of other people along certain dimensions or with regard to certain criteria, and the more or less open projective devices which demand that the subject read into the stimulus some of his own needs, drives, and pressures. As currently utilized by the author as an auxiliary to sensitivity training,' the Sociometric Field consists of a large square piece of paper on which has been lightly drawn a circle which in turn has been arbitrarily divided into eight equal sectors. The center of the circle is clearly identified.