Distinguish among the four methods that a minority person might use to deal with the acculturative stress after moving to a new country.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The text proposes four ways that a minority person might use to deal with acculturative stress: integration, assimilation, separation, and marginalization. Integration occurs when people maintain aspects of their old culture but also take on aspects of the new culture. Both cultures become integrated into their sense of self and well-being. With assimilation, individuals adopt the dominant culture as their own, taking on the new language, traditions, values, and norms. At the same time, they reject or distance themselves from their old culture. Separation occurs when people maintain their old culture and avoid or reject the new culture. With separation, the individual may make little effort to learn the language or traditions of the new culture. Often, they segregate into communities where everyone is from the same immigrant culture. Marginalization occurs when the person doesn't fall neatly into any one culture. Both the old and new cultures may be rejected by the individual.