Acculturation

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Created by John Berry in 2004
- The blending of two or more cultural groups that results in psychological change
- Can lead to challenges such as identity conflicts and discrimination

Question 2

Types of acculturation

Answer 2

• Assimilation: getting rid of old culture and adopting new culture
• Integration: taking on aspects of the new culture but retaining cultural inheritance (bicultural)
• Separation: keeping own culture and not trying to adopt new culture
• Marginalization: little interest in maintaining old culture or learning new culture

Question 3

Acculturation stress

Answer 3

When the dominant and non-dominant cultures do not share the same preferences or cultural norms (harder to integrate) so it causes a decreases mental health