Difference between revisions of "Acculturation"
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| − | The process of understanding and coming to terms with changes in one’s socio-cultural environment, by making adjustments to one’s cultural identity. Acculturation is also associated with intercultural sensitivity, which allows someone to function in a bi-cultural capacity by adopting [[values]] from a second culture, while retaining one’s own cultural identity. | + | The process of understanding and coming to terms with changes in one’s socio-cultural environment, by making adjustments to one’s cultural identity. Acculturation is also associated with [[Intercultural or Cross-Cultural Communication|intercultural]] sensitivity, which allows someone to function in a bi-cultural capacity by adopting [[values]] from a second [[culture]], while retaining one’s own cultural identity. |
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| + | == External links and references == | ||
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| + | *[http://www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Acculturation.html Acculturation and Hispanic Health] | ||
| + | *[http://anthro.palomar.edu/change/change_3.htm Acculturation article] | ||
[[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | [[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:30, 8 April 2014
The process of understanding and coming to terms with changes in one’s socio-cultural environment, by making adjustments to one’s cultural identity. Acculturation is also associated with intercultural sensitivity, which allows someone to function in a bi-cultural capacity by adopting values from a second culture, while retaining one’s own cultural identity.
