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Acculturation Is More Than Just A Fancy Academic Term!

Let’s start easy, what is acculturation?

Now that you’re an expert on acculturation, it’s important for you to understand that acculturation has both positive and negative elements. A negative element can be acculturative stress, this refers to:

assimilation and separation have intermediate levels of stress, and marginalization has high levels of stress associated with it

Integration involves the least amount of stress!

There are different ways in which people go about their acculturation. Which one of these strategies do you think would be most effective, and result in less stress?

That's no way to treat another culture!

As a result of attempts to cope with these acculturation changes, some long-term adaptations (relatively stable changes that take place) may be achieved. Which one of the following would not be considered a form of adaptation?

Now that you’re an expert on all things acculturation, how do you think your personal experience acculturating could be better?

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Acculturation Is More Than Just A Fancy Academic Term!

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