While going through the process of acculturation a client will be:
1. Identifying with 2 or more cultures
2. Adapting to and adopting a new culture
3. Showing favor to the dominant culture
4. Socializing within their primary cultural group
ANS: 2
Acculturation is the process of adapting to and adopting a new culture. Biculturalism occurs when an individual identifies equally with two or more cultures. Assimilation occurs when an individual gives up his or her ethnic identity in favor of the dominant culture. Socialization into one's primary culture as a child is known as enculturation.
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