PSYC 354 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Acculturation, American Psychiatric Association, Enculturation
19 Dec 2016
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Immigration in the us: legal immigration (roughly 2/3 of immigrants) family sponsorship: one of the most common routes to citizenship. Work sponsored brain drain : granted to individuals with skills needed by the us labor market. Refuge: # determined by president and congress. Fleeing: might come with documentation and argue that they cannot go back. Didn"t want to leave but can no longer live there because it"s not safe: undocumented (roughly 1/3 of immigrants) All of the above reasons are possible, but legal path may be unavailable/too difficult, etc: may enter on temporary visas. And overstay their welcome: may enter across land borders. Acculturation: a group or individual level process of change that occurs when two or more cultures come into sustained contact; changes that occur post-coming together. Changes in one/both cultures: both on sociological and individual level, dominant culture will have a larger effect on other culture but there is also change in the dominant culture, ex.
