Week 4 - Chapter 4 Acculturation PDF

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How people deal with new cultures....

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Acculturation occurs when an individual or a group of people exchange certain values or practices of culture that isnt their culture of origin. The original culture to the individual or person still remains, but is changed due to the exchange in values. Ethnogenesis occurs when an ethnic group is formed and regards itself as a distinct people. Individuals then learn about the new culture then in turn integrate themselves in it and possibly divide themselves into subcultures of this new one. They bring characteristics from their ethnic group, but are a bit different than the culture of origin and possibly other dominant groups. In John Berry’s model, there are two principles of change, which are cultural maintenance and contact participation. Cultural maintenance occurs when one's identity and characteristics involve maintaining a relationship. Any form of response dictates the values of the individuals, seeking contact from anyone within or not within their group. Social context involves adapting into a new culture based on the values of their current culture. This can result in the combining of two cultural attitudes or customs. An individual can function effectively in more than one culture and even switch roles back and forth between cultures as a situation changes. The individual is proficient in the language of both cultures and understands both cultural and behavorial situations. Enculturation is the learning of the culture of their group by living in it, observing it, and being taught things by members of the group. It is the process in which someone obtains and transmits the culture through unconscious, tactic repetition....