| 单词 | social distance |
| 释义 | social distancesocial distancefeelings or relations of ‘aloofness and unapproachability’, especially between members of different social strata. Conceptions of social distance are formally institutionalized in extreme systems of SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, such as APARTHEID and CASTE, but informally they exist in all societies. The term was introduced by PARK and Burgess (1924) and popularized by Bogardus (1933), who also formulated a social-distance (or Bogardus) scale, designed to portray the extent of tolerance or intolerance between social groups.social distancesocial distancePsychology A zone of space in which most social interactions occur; SDs may be 1. Close–2.5 m–12-25 feet, which corresponds to informal situations, in which one–or more persons are 'in control', as in a teacher talking to students in a classroom, or a manager addressing subordinate and 2. Far–> 8m or >25 feet, which corresponds to 'formal' distances, such as in lectures, political rallies, etc. See Proxemics. Cf Intimate distance, Personal distance, Public distance. |
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