Bogardus Social Distance Scale

The Bogardus Social Distance Scale is a way of understanding how much people like or dislike other people who are different from them. It was created by Emory S. Bogardus, a sociologist in the early 1900s. It is a series of questions that ask how close or far people want to be from different groups of people. The questions measure things like how comfortable people are associating with different groups, how much respect or admiration they might have for them, and how close or far they might want to live in proximity to them. The scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being very close or friendly and 5 being far away or having no contact with the group. So if someone answers the questions with a 1 or a 2, it means they are comfortable being close to the group they are asked about. If they answer with 3, 4, or 5, it means they are more distant or uncomfortable with the group.