CLASSIC ASSIMILATION THEORY: GORDON ASSIMILATION ON AMERONITE Flashcards
Cultural Assimilation
Change of cultural patterns to those at host society
Behavioral assimilation
absence of discrimination
Intrinsic Cultural traits
religious beliefs and practices, ethical value, musical tastes for recreational patterns, literature, historical language and a sense of a common historical past.
Extrinsic Cultural traits
dress manner patterns and emotional expression accents
Structural Assimilation
change sclae entrance into clique clubs and institutions of host society in primary group level. A group enters into the societal network of groups and social institutions of the host society. Once structural assimilation has occurred, either simultaneously with or subsequent to acculturation, all of the other types of assimilation will naturally flow.