Sociocultural Approach - Cultural Influences on Individual Attitudes, Identity and Behaviours - Acculturation

Question 1

Acculturation Developed By…

Answer 1

Berry (2008)

Question 2

Acculturation

Answer 2

• The process of adapting to, and in many cases adopting, a different culture from the one in which a person was enculturated
  
  • This leads to cultural (social) and psychological
    (individual) changes
• 2 questions must be answered
  
  • To what extent should one’s original identity be
    maintained ?
  • To what extend should one get involved with other
    cultural groups or live a life revolving around their
    original cultural group?
• 4 acculturation strategies of ethnocultural groups
  
  • integration
  • assimilation
  • seperation
  • marginalisation
• 4 acculturation strategies of larger society
  
  • multiculturalism
  • melting pot
  • segregation
  • exclusion

Question 3

Integration

Answer 3

Individuals wish to interact with the new culture and be an integral part of this culture, while maintaining their own culture

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Individuals do not wish to maintain their own culture, they want to blend in and identify with the new culture

Question 5

Seperation

Answer 5

Individuals wish to maintain their own culture and do not wish to integrate

Question 6

Marginalisation

Answer 6

No interest in integration or assimilation

Question 7

Multiculturalism

Answer 7

= integration

Question 8

Melting pot

Answer 8

= assimilation

Question 9

Segregation

Answer 9

= seperation

Question 10

Exclusion

Answer 10

= marganalisation

Question 11

Acculturative Stress

Answer 11

• Biopsychological difficulties when adapting to a new cultural context.

Question 12

Acculturation Gap

Answer 12

= Acculturation dissonance

- Occures when parents have a different acculturation strategy from their children

Question 13

Luewick and Wilson (2010)

Answer 13

Aim:
- Investigate the variables that may predict acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample of Asian immigrants and Asian Americans.

Pps:

• 2095 Asian Americans.
• 1271 were first-generation immigrants who were 18+ when they came to the US
• The rest were born in the US to first-generation immigrant parents.
• The sample consisted of several Asian culture (Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese)

Procedure:

• Semi-structured interviews (average of 2.4 hrs).
• The interviewers had cultural and linguistic backgrounds similar to the participants.
• Interviews were conducted over the Internet or face-to-dace.
• A randomly selected sample of apps was contacted to validate the data taken from their interviews
• The interviews measured the pps’
• level of acculturative stress
• impact of language proficiency, language preference, discrimination, social networks, family cohesion, socioeconomic status on acculturative stress

Results:

• 1433 (70% of the sample) were found to have acculturative stress
• A bilingual language preference contributed to lower acculturative stress.
• the preference for speaking English only is a predictor of high acculturative stress
• Negative treatment (prejudice, xenophobia, harassment, threats) significantly contributed to higher acculturative stress
• Sharing similar values and beliefs as a family significantly contributed to lower acculturative stress
• Acculturative stress was significantly lower among those who were very satisfied with their economic opportunities in the US and among immigrants who, if they would have to make the decision again, would stil move to the the US