One way to assess children's status among their peers is to ask each child in a classroom to choose which other children he or she would most like to sit next to or to do various things with,and which other children he or she would least like to do these things with.This technique is called

A) meta-analysis.
B) social dosage technique.
C) resilience assessment.
D) sociometry.

Sociometry

The classic way of assessing social competence and determining the kinds of categories that describe children’s status within peer groups. Usually involves asking members of a social group (e.g., children in a classroom) to indicate which members of the group they prefer to spend time with (sit with, play with, etc.) and which they do not.

Social Dosage Technique

An approach or method in social psychology used to measure or change the amount of social interaction or stimulation.

Resilience Assessment

The evaluation of an individual's ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.