The Bogardus social distance scale assesses attitudes toward which group?

• A. Economic classes
• B. Other ethnic groups
• C. Political parties
• D. Religious denominations

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that the Bogardus social distance scale measures how willing people are to engage in social relationships with members of different groups, capturing levels of prejudice through imagined proximity in everyday life. It was developed to assess attitudes toward ethnic and racial groups, looking at how close or distant someone is comfortable being—from distant associations to close, familial-like connections.

Why this fits best: the scale explicitly focuses on ethnicity and race, often including immigrant and minority groups, to gauge social acceptance or rejection across a range of social situations. So it directly targets attitudes toward different ethnic groups rather than other kinds of categories.

Other categories like economic classes, political parties, or religious denominations aren’t the primary focus of this instrument; those areas would be explored with different measurement tools.