Multicultural Contexts Flashcards
What is acculturation?
The process by which people migrate to and learn a culture that’s different from their heritage culture.
What are 3 factors that predict adjustment to new host culture?
- Cultural distance
- Cultural fit
- Acculturation strategies
What is cultural distance?
How much two cultures differ in their overall ways of life
What is cultural fit?
The degree to which one’s personal characteristics is more similar to the dominant cultural values in the host culture
What are acculturation strategies made up of?
2pts
- Attitudes towards host culture
- Attitudes towards heritage culture
What is integration?
Integration: positive attitudes towards host culture, positive attitude towards heritage culture
People maintain multiple identities/self concepts and switch between them depending on context
Frame-switching
An individual’s identity/self-concept reflects a hybrid of their two cultural words
Blending
A specific instance of frame-switching in which individuals learn to switch between the norms and rules that govern their interactions with mainstream society, schools, and workplaces and those that govern how they act in their local cultural communities
- more so surrounds language
Code switching
What is structural racism?
Policies, practices, and procedures that maintain racial inequities
What is institutional racism?
Unequal distribution of goods, services and opportunities based on race
What is cultural racism?
Preference for certain cultural values and practices resulting in the exclusion or stigmatization of other cultural traditions
What is assimilation?
Positive attitude towards host culture, negative attitude towards heritage culture
What is separation?
Positive attitude towards heritage culture and negative attitude towards host culture
What is marginalization?
Negative attitude towards host culture, negative attitude towards heritage culture
Weaponization of policy can lead to discrimination due to…
3pts
- Ambiguity/lack of rule
- A rule that is discriminatory on its face: blatantly favors one group over others
- An aversive rule: a rule that appears to be fair on its surface, but its application leads to unequal outcomes
