Mental health professionals who strive to meet the mental health needs of members of various ethnic minority groups need to be sensitive to the challenge of acculturation, which refers to

a. the preservation of each group's unique customs and values.
b. how members of each group understand themselves in terms of their own culture.
c. the process of learning and adopting the cultural patterns of the majority group.
d. depreciating of the customs and values of the majority group.


Answer: c.

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