Acculturation is best defined as:

a. a process in which two cultures come into contact and both of them are changed because of the culturecontact

b. a process of unequal culture contact when a smaller culture is forced to adopt some of the ways of thedominant society.
c. a process of culture change in which individuals grow older and adapt to the new biological and cultural needsthey have within their own society.
d. the process by which members of a society are taught cultural knowledge from their elders.
e. genocide? it occurs when one culture eradicates another.


b

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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