Question

Discuss the acculturative strategies adopted by individuals during the course of acculturation.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The acculturative strategies adopted by individuals during the course of acculturation are: Integration : It refers to an attitude in which there is an interest in both, maintaining one's original culture and identity, while staying in daily interaction with other cultural groups.

Answer 2

Acculturation and strategies

Explanation:

• Acculturation is a method of cultural transmission, where a person or a group belonging to one culture adapts to values and practices followed by another culture; at the same time, retaining their cultural values.
• This creates both psychological and cultural changes in a person through both direct and indirect contact and can be either voluntary or involuntary.
• This occurs commonly among immigrants when they get influenced by the culture of the nation to which they have immigrated.
• The strategies of acculturation are:

1. Integration: Maintains one’s cultural integrity as well as of the new culture
2. Assimilation: Transforms into a new culture and loses their own cultural identity
3. Separation: Holds to own culture and will avoid other cultural groups
4. Marginalization: Less interested in one’s own as well as other culture and undecided to take sides