PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Acculturation, Social Stratification, New Culture Movement
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Acculturation is the process by which people migrate to and learn a culture that is different from their original (or heritage) culture. Reaching consistent conclusions is difficult because acculturating individuals have such widely varying experiences. People move to a new country for many reasons, to dramatically different kinds of environments (cultural ghettos, homogenous neighbourhood where they stand out), that vary in their similarity to their heritage culture. Individuals have different personalities, goals, and expectations that affect their acculturation experience. Migrants, those who move from a heritage culture to a host culture. Sojourners only intend to stay temporarily, immigrants intend to move permanently. In initial months, migrants had an especially positive time ( honeymoon stage ) Most then begin to have increasingly negative views toward their host culture, between. Culture shock, the feeling of being anxious, helpless, irritable, and in general, homesick that one experiences on moving to a new culture.
