acculturation
Sign in to saveAcculturation refers to the psychological, social, and cultural transformation that takes place through direct contact between two cultures, wherein one or both engage in adapting to dominant cultural influences without compromising their essential distinctiveness. It occurs when an individual acquires, adopts, or adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into another culture or when another culture is brought into contact. This balancing process can result in a mixed society with prevailing and blended features or with splintered cultural changes, depending on the soci
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Acculturation is the process of psychological, social, and cultural change that happens when people from different cultures come into contact and adapt to each other's influences while maintaining their own cultural identity. This process matters because it shapes how individuals and societies blend cultural features, which can result in either mixed, harmonious societies or more fragmented cultural changes depending on the circumstances.
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- Levels and dynamics
- Historical approaches
- Conceptual models
- Theory of Dimensional Accrual and Dissociation
- Fourfold models
- Predictors of acculturation strategies
- Digitally mediated acculturation
- Acculturative stress
- Other outcomes
- Culture
- Language
- Food
- Controversies and debate
- Definitions
- Recommended models
- Typological approach
- Studying a Causal Process With Correlational Data
- See also
- Notes
- References
Acculturation refers to the psychological, social, and cultural transformation that takes place through direct contact between two cultures, wherein one or both engage in adapting to dominant cultural influences without compromising their essential distinctiveness. It occurs when an individual acquires, adopts, or adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into another culture or when another culture is brought into contact. This balancing process can result in a mixed society with prevailing and blended features or with splintered cultural changes, depending on the sociopolitical atmosphere. Individuals from other cultures work toward fitting into a more prevalent culture by selectively integrating aspects of the dominant culture, such as its cultural traits and social norms, while still holding onto their original cultural values and traditions. The impacts of acculturation are experienced differently at various levels by both the adoptees of the mainstream culture and the hosts of the source culture. Outcomes can include marginalization, respectful coexistence, destructive tensions, integration, and cultural evolution.
==Levels and dynamics== At a group level, acculturation often results in changes to culture, religious practices, health care, and other social institutions. There are also significant ramifications on the food, clothing, and language of those becoming introduced to the overarching culture.