Which statement(s) is/are most true about the concept of acculturation? Select all that apply
a. A person who accepts both his own culture and a new culture and adopts elements of each has been acculturated.
b. It is theorized that it can take years and even generations for an immigrant group to acculturate.
c. A person who gradually learns and takes on the essential values, beliefs, and behaviors of the dominant culture has been acculturated.
d. Acculturation is the outgrowth of a minority group's need to survive and flourish in a new culture.
ANS: A, B, D
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