Reviewing Acculturation

Integration is

• This is the process by which individuals completely abandon their original culture and fully adopt the culture of the dominant society.

• This occurs when individuals maintain a strong connection to their heritage culture, but also engage with the dominant culture.

• This is when individuals maintain their original culture in private, but also never interact with, or participate in the dominant, culture in public settings.

• This occurs when individuals reject both their original culture and the dominant culture, isolating themselves entirely from cultural influences.

Assimilation is...

• The process by which individuals or groups from one culture adopt the cultural norms, values, and behaviors of another (typically dominant) culture, to the extent that they lose or abandon their original cultural identity.

• When individuals exclusively maintaining their original culture and avoiding any interaction or involvement with the dominant culture.

• When individuals maintain their original culture while also fully adopting and participating in the dominant culture.

• The process which occurs when individuals reject both their original culture and the dominant culture, leading to a state of cultural isolation

Separation is...

• Occurs when individuals fully adopt the dominant culture and abandon their original cultural identity.

• The process by which individuals integrate elements of both their original culture and the dominant culture, creating a blend of the two.

• Characterized by the preservation of one's original cultural identity and a deliberate effort to avoid integrating into the dominant culture.

• When individuals reject both their original culture and the dominant culture, resulting in a distinct separation from the dominant society.

Marginalisation is...

• A process by which individuals fully adopt the dominant culture and completely abandon their original cultural identity.

• When individuals maintain their original culture but also actively engage with and integrate into the culture of their new country.

• What happens when individuals exclusively maintain their original culture and avoid any interaction or involvement with the dominant culture.

• A process which involves a double loss where individuals are disconnected from both their heritage culture and the dominant culture, leading to social isolation.

Acculturation is...

• The process by which individuals learn and acquire the cultural norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors of their own society or social group. It occurs through socialization within the cultural environment, usually starting from childhood and continuing throughout life.

• The process through which individuals or groups from one culture come into contact with and adopt aspects of another culture, typically due to continuous firsthand interaction. This process involves the exchange of cultural features such as language, customs, beliefs, and practices between the cultures involved.