20. Intercultural and global change

Question 1

What is acculturation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 1

Change that stems from the blending of cultures, where one group usually changes more

Question 2

How does adaptation occur through affective means? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 2

Stress, anxiety, depression

Question 3

How does adaptation occur through behavioural means? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 3

Sociocultural skills to achieve goals in the given context

Question 4

How does adaptation occur through cognitive means? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 4

Beliefs, attitudes and cultural identity

Question 5

How did the traditional view of acculturation measure? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 5

Asked minority P’s in order to provide indicators to understand if the P prefers separation to assimilation

Question 6

What were the two key questions proposed by Berry (1990) when exploring acculturation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 6

1. Is it considered of value to maintain cultural identity and characteristics?
2. It is considered of value to maintain relationships with other groups?

Question 7

What are the 4 categories of acculturation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 7

• Integration
• Assimilation
• Separation
• Marginalisation

Question 8

What are the characteristics of integration? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 8

✓ Relationship with dominant group

✓ Cultural maintenance

Question 9

What are the characteristics of assimilation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 9

✓ Relationship with dominant group

x Cultural maintenance

Question 10

What are the characteristics of separation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 10

x Relationship with dominant group

✓Cultural maintenance

Question 11

What are the characteristics of marginalisation? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 11

x Relationship with dominant group

x Cultural maintenance

Question 12

What was the most favourable and least favourable acculturation strategy? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 12

• Most favourable = integration

- Least favourable = marginalisation

Question 13

What did Georgas et al (1996) find? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 13

Traditional family values are more likely to be maintained in multicultural countries

Question 14

What are the 4 strategies of the dominant group? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 14

• Multiculturalism (integration)
• Melting pot (assimilation)
• Segregation (separation)
• Exclusion (marginalisation)

Question 15

What does the self categorisation theory suggest? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 15

Culture is used to define itself

Question 16

What does social identity theory promote? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 16

Striving for positive cultural distinctiveness, while maintaining cultural continuity against a threat

Question 17

What does modernisation theories suggest? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 17

Culture should adapt to a new context, meaning cultural beliefs and values become more secular and more rational

Question 18

What does Iglehart & Baker (2000) believe? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 18

Cultures develop along parallel lines, but they never converge

Question 19

What has globalisation led to? (Intercultural relations Social)

Answer 19

Pressures in maintaining distinctiveness and potentially a loss of identity