assimilation

Question 1

5 factors affecting assimilation

Answer 1

-manner of entrance
- time of entrance
-demographic factors
-cultural assimilation
-visibility

Question 2

Attitude (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 2

absence of prejudice

Question 3

Behavioral (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 3

absence of discrimination

Question 4

civic (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 4

absence of value and power conflicts

Question 5

criticism of gordon

Answer 5

single minded focus on primary relations in the 2nd stage of structural assimilation

Question 6

criticism of gordon 2

Answer 6

implication of an unidirectional movement- a progressive movement with no chance of backsliding

Question 7

Milton’s 7 stages of assimilation

Answer 7

cultural
structural
marital
identification
attitude
behavioral
civic

Question 8

outcome of segmented assimilation model

Answer 8

they may follow the traditional path of assimilation adopting and integrating into the dominant society

Question 9

criticism of the old assimilation model

Answer 9

it allowed NO room for a positive role for the group`

Question 10

what did milton assert about emulating the dominant group

Answer 10

that ethnic groups may become similar to the dominant group in behavior and values but still remained structurally segregated

Question 11

one measure instituted to ease the segregation of various ethnic groups

Answer 11

measures in the public domain with housing, work, school, desegregation

Question 12

TWO: measure instituted to ease the segregation of various ethnic groups

Answer 12

measures to equalize access to power and privilege through voting rights and affirmative action programs

Question 13

2. outcome of segmented assimilation model

Answer 13

they may advance economically yet deliberately seek to preserve their ethnic culture and solidarity

Question 14

3. outcome of the segmented assimilation model

Answer 14

they may assimilate into an impoverished minority culture,,, they commonly inherit the downward socio economic mobility associated with that minority culture

Question 15

what the new model attempted to do

Answer 15

to extend the old foundation with the aim of adapting it to the demographic realities of the U.S. society stemming from contemporary immigration

Question 16

2. criticism of the old assimilation model

Answer 16

presenting the inevitability of assimilation as the natural end point of the process of incorporations into our society

Question 17

cultural similarities (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 17

the more compatible the culture of the entering group, the greater the speed of assimilation

Question 18

visibility (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 18

the more visible the group or individual, the longer and difficult the process of structured assimilation

Question 19

cultural (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 19

change of cultural patterns to those of dominant society

Question 20

structural (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 20

large scale acceptance into primary levels of society

Question 21

marital (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 21

large scale intermarriage

Question 22

identification (7 stages of assimilation)

Answer 22

development of a sense of peoplehood based exclusively on the host society

Question 23

manner of entrance (5 factors affecting assimilation)

Answer 23

the way groups enter a society

Question 24

demographic (5 factors affecting assimilation)

Answer 24

size and concentration of groups entering affects the rate and degree of assimilation

Question 25

time of entrance (5 factors affecting assimilation)

Answer 25

fear and suspicion of new groups tend to subside with time

Question 26

3. criticism of the old model

Answer 26

the apparent ethnocentrism elevated the culture of middle class protestant of british descent as the standard by which other groups were to be assessed