MORENO Jacob (Jacob) Levy

(1892-1974) - an American psychiatrist, a social psychologist. Studying with positions close Gestalt psychology and psychoanalysis, the processes in a small group (cm. With small), reflecting the microstructure of an informal society, showed that psychological well-being of the individual is determined by its place in the system of interpersonal relations. To reveal hidden from the outside observer, the structure of these relations that determine the emotional bonds, and mutual likes and dislikes, attraction and repulsion, developed a method sotsirmetrii. Getting through the use of this method is a formalized structure of interpersonal relations has not only diagnostic value, . but also serves as a basis for remedial work, . helping resolve personal conflicts through purposeful change of personality in the system of interpersonal relations,
. As diagnostic and rehabilitative value have also developed M. sociogram and psychodrama techniques used in modern group psychotherapy and psycho-social training