Bogardus Social Distance Scale: Measuring Group Prejudice and Racial Attitudes
Bogardus Social Distance Scale: Measuring Group Prejudice and Racial Attitudes
Welcome to Bogardus Social Distance Scale: Measuring Group Prejudice and Racial Attitudes
Instructions:
- There is no time limit for this test. Please answer at your own pace.
- This test consists of 12 questions in total.
- The next question will appear automatically after you select an answer.
- You can return to modify your answer using the "Previous" button.
- All test results on this site are for reference only and do not constitute professional advice.
Bogardus Social Distance Scale | Exploring Group Acceptance and Psychological Boundaries
I. What Is Bogardus Social Distance?
Social Distance was first proposed by the American sociologist Emery Bogardus in 1924. It does not refer to physical spatial distance, but to **the degree of mutual understanding and sympathy between different groups**, and to the depth to which an individual is psychologically willing to accept others into their life circle.
This test is a **contextualized adaptation** based on the logic of the classic scale, transforming abstract group attitudes into concrete everyday social scenarios, aiming to help you perceive the 'psychological walls' in your subconscious.
II. The Seven Grades of Social Distance
In the classic Bogardus research, social distance is divided, from nearest to farthest, into the following tiers:
- Kin and in-laws:Willing to accept as family members.
- Close friendship:Willing to have as private close friends.
- Neighborly relations:Willing to live alongside as long-term neighbors.
- Workplace cooperation:Willing to work together in the same professional environment.
- Citizenship:Merely fellow nationals of the same country, with no direct contact.
- Visitor status:Merely temporary visitors, with no long-term rights.
- Complete exclusion:Tending to keep them out of sight or out of the territory.
III. Why Take This Test?
Every one of us lives in a social web made up of 'in-groups' and 'out-groups'. Understanding your own social distance orientation can help you:
- Identify implicit bias:Uncover stereotypes you yourself never noticed.
- Improve social adaptation:Behave more gracefully in cross-cultural communication or diverse workplaces.
- Reflect on your values:Examine whether your inclusiveness rests on reason or is blindly driven by your environment.
IV. Assessment Notes
This assessment contains 14 situational simulation questions. Each question corresponds to a specific psychosocial distance. Please choose according to your most immediate, honest feelings.Test results are for self-awareness and academic discussion only, and are not a standard of moral judgment.