final Flashcards
Refugees could leave because…
of threat of persecution, imprisonment, or death
Immigrants usually leave…
voluntarily, to de better for their family, higher salaries, or more success.
Refugees pre-migration
Tend to be involuntary, due to threat of harm, or life.
Refugees migration
Unplanned migration, with little social/economic support, and a host culture full of prejudice due to “freeloading” stereotype of refugees.
Refugee host culture experience
Thrown into confusion and burdened with humiliation due to unprepared knowledge of host culture.
immigrant pre-migration
Tend to be voluntary for the improvement of life and/or wealth.
Immigrant migration
Usually planned with plenty of economic/social support,
Immigrant host culture experience
host culture seems to be more accepting than refugees although still discriminated.
three challenges faced by immigrants and refugees that might make their adaptation to their host culture more difficult.
- Problems with language barriers
- support networks
- changing family hierarchies
- new family roles
- employment
- education
Describe the four statuses of Berry’s model of acculturation.
Assimilationist, separationist, marginalist, and integrationist.
Assimilationist
An individual who has given up his or her identity of origin in favor of identifying with the host culture’s values and beliefs.
Separationist
An individual who identifies with his or her identity of origin and rejects of all the host culture’s values and beliefs.
Marginalist
An individual who does not identify with either his or her original culture or the host culture.
Integrationist
An individual who combines (integrates) aspects of his or her own culture and the host culture.
Describe at least three of the statuses from LaFromboise et al.’s model of (bicultural) acculturation.
Assimilation, acculturated, fusion, alternation, and multicultural.
LaFramboise; Assimilation
Absorption into the dominant culture.
LaFramboise; Acculturated
Competence in a second culture without complete acceptance.
LaFramboise; Fusion
The process of combining one’s culture of origin with the host culture, creating a somewhat new culture.
LaFramboise; Alternation
The process of alternating between one’s culture of origin and the host culture depending on what the context dictates.
LaFramboise; Multicultural
Distinct cultural identities are maintained with a single multicultural social structure.
Which one creates the most pressure for psychological change, and why? according to Hong and Ham
The post-migration period creates the most pressure for psychological change because this is the period when language, new roles and hierarchies, education, and employment begin to change.
Hong & Ham; Pre-migation period
The time period before migration, when the acculturation process can begin to take place.
Hong & Ham; Migration period
The period when a group is migrating from the country of origin to the host country. This includes the period immediately before the migration, when the final feelings about moving are experienced and leave is taken from family and friends from the country of origin.
Hong & Ham; Postmigration period
The period after settling into the host culture, when the stress of migration continues to be experienced and the adjustment to the new culture takes place.
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model
Microsystem, mesosytem, exosystem, and macrosystem.
Bronfenbrenner; Microsystem
A layer of context that includes relationships among family members living within one household.
Bronfenbrenner; Mesosytem
A layer of context that includes relationships in the immediate area outside the family, such as schools, work, the extended family, and the community in which one lives.
Bronfenbrenner; Exosystem
A layer of context that includes major societal institutions, such as the media and the government.
Bronfenbrenner; Macrosystem
A layer of context that includes the cultural norms and societal rules that determine rules of conduct.
Acculturation
Experiences and changes that groups and individuals undergo when they come in contact with a different culture.
Immigrants
People who move to another country voluntarily. The decision to move can take weeks, months, or even years, which allows these people to prepare for the move and to begin the acculturation process before the move.
Refugees
People who are forced to move from their homelands because of war or political oppression. The decision to move is almost immediate, taking days, hours, or even minutes, which does not allow these people to prepare for the move or to begin the acculturation process because they do not usually know which country they will finally settle in.
Acculturative Stress
Feelings of tension and anxiety caused by the inability to adapt in the new country.
Integrationist or biculturals
An individual who holds on to his or her original values while also learning and adopting the values of the host culture.