PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Acculturation, Coronary Artery Disease, New Culture Movement
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Psyc14 notes chap 12: living in multicultural worlds. Research that tracks migrating people across time demonstrates, perhaps more clearly than other topics in this book, how an individual"s experiences shape their psychological processes. Acculturation: the process by which people migrate to and learn a culture that is different from their original culture. Reaching consistent conclusions on acculturation is difficult however, because acculturating individuals have such widely varying experiences. For example, they move to new countries for many different reasons (study abroad, fleeing as refugees, etc. ), they move to dramatically different environments (diverse or homogeneous neighbourhoods, places with open discrimination, etc. ), and they move to cultures that vary in similarity to their heritage culture. It becomes even more complicated when we consider the different personalities, goals, etc. that affect a person"s acculturation experience. There is one clear issue of agreement however: moving to a new culture involves psychological adjustment.
