Acculturation

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

The process of interacting with and learning a new culture, adjusting life to the new culture.

Question 2

Enculturation

Answer 2

Learning one’s own culture by birth: The process when we learn norms, traditions, values, attitudes, and the practices of the culture in which we are born and raised.

Question 3

Acculturative stress

Answer 3

The inner conflict of one’s own culture and learning a new culture

Question 4

causes of acculturative stress

Answer 4

1. Common Language
2. Sense of belonging
3. Cultural differences
4. Community Support
5. Financial Support
6. Looks (prejudice over looks)

Question 5

ways to alleviate acculturative stress

Answer 5

1. Language
2. Support
3. Stability
4. Finance

Question 7

Berry’s acculturation model (1980)

Answer 7

categorizes how individuals adapt to a new culture into 4 strategies based on…
(1) desire to preserve their ethnic culture
(2) wish to interact with the members of the majority group

Question 8

Integration
(1&2)

Answer 8

Maintaining one’s heritage culture while also adopting norms from the “host culture” –> bicultural identity.

Question 9

Assimilation
(2 only)

Answer 9

Adopting norms of the “host culture” + largely letting go of their original culture

Question 10

host culture

Answer 10

the culture they moved to

Question 11

Separation
(1 only)

Answer 11

Retaining one’s heritage culture + avoiding the dominant culture to preserve their origins.

Question 12

Marginalization
(none)

Answer 12

Isolated to the edges of society, hindering participation. Individuals are socially excluded and treated as “less important”. Leads to disadvantages like discrimination.