acculturation - ANSWER changes that take place as a result of continuous first
hand contact between individuals of different cultures
immigrants/ sojourners - ANSWER people with a high degree of mobility and who
voluntarily made the contact/ degree of choice
refugees - ANSWER high mobility, little or no choice related to their degree of
choice
ethnic groups - ANSWER low degree of mobility, high degree of choice/contact
indigenous people - ANSWER low mobility, low degree of choice
integrations - ANSWER people maintain relationships with other groups while at
the same time maintaining their own cultural identity
assimulation - ANSWER people maintain relationships with other groups but do
not consider it of value to maintain their own cultural identity, "melting pot
seperation - ANSWER value their own cultural identity but do not value
relationshops with other groups
segregation - ANSWER forced on one group by another, more dominant
marginalization - ANSWER do not value their cultural identity nor relationships
with other groups
the practice of excluding a social group from the mainstream of the society;
placing that group- legally or socially- on the "margins" of the society
model of cross-cultural interaction - ANSWER stage 1: emotional arousal
stage 2: understanding unfamiliar behavior
stage 3: personal adjustment and growth
emotional arousal - ANSWER anxiety
ambiguity
disconfirmed expecations
belongings/rejection
confronting personal prejuduice
understanding familiar behavior - ANSWER communication and language
values
, rituals
situational behavior
roles
social status
time and space orrienation
relationship to the group
personal adjustments and growth - ANSWER categorzation
differentation
attribution
ingroup/outgroup
learning style
ethnic identity - ANSWER defining oneself for personal and social meaning of
belongings to one ethnic group
racial idenity - ANSWER physical criteria
5 stages of ethnic and racial idenitity - ANSWER pre-encounter (self-hatred,
based off of negative stereotypes)
encounter (incident that forces them to question the negatives)
immersion-emersion (begin to rid themselves of the ethnic hatred, rediscover
their culture and take on a new ethnic identity)
immersion (begins seeing importance of their culture, seeing the importance of
their people's contributions tot the greater society)
internalization (come to terms with living within the culture of US while
maintaining a relationship with their culture)
cross-cultural adaptation - ANSWER U curve
honeymoon- hostility- humor- home
middle: drop out because cant deal with hostility
themes from cross-cultural psychology - ANSWER 1. People tend to
communicate their cultural identity to others in the broadest possible terms.
2. Because we are all multicultural, our cultural identity is dynamic and always
changes.
3. Although culture is complex and variable, it is nevertheless patterned.
4. Interactions with other cultures can be viewed as a resource for understanding.
5. Behaviors should be judged in relation to its context.
6. persons holding a intercultural perspective continually strive to find common
ground between individuals.
cross- cultural interaction - ANSWER developed framework for understanding the
dynamics of any intercultural encounter between individuals with different
cultural patterns.
people have similar reactions regardless of the setting or people
hand contact between individuals of different cultures
immigrants/ sojourners - ANSWER people with a high degree of mobility and who
voluntarily made the contact/ degree of choice
refugees - ANSWER high mobility, little or no choice related to their degree of
choice
ethnic groups - ANSWER low degree of mobility, high degree of choice/contact
indigenous people - ANSWER low mobility, low degree of choice
integrations - ANSWER people maintain relationships with other groups while at
the same time maintaining their own cultural identity
assimulation - ANSWER people maintain relationships with other groups but do
not consider it of value to maintain their own cultural identity, "melting pot
seperation - ANSWER value their own cultural identity but do not value
relationshops with other groups
segregation - ANSWER forced on one group by another, more dominant
marginalization - ANSWER do not value their cultural identity nor relationships
with other groups
the practice of excluding a social group from the mainstream of the society;
placing that group- legally or socially- on the "margins" of the society
model of cross-cultural interaction - ANSWER stage 1: emotional arousal
stage 2: understanding unfamiliar behavior
stage 3: personal adjustment and growth
emotional arousal - ANSWER anxiety
ambiguity
disconfirmed expecations
belongings/rejection
confronting personal prejuduice
understanding familiar behavior - ANSWER communication and language
values
, rituals
situational behavior
roles
social status
time and space orrienation
relationship to the group
personal adjustments and growth - ANSWER categorzation
differentation
attribution
ingroup/outgroup
learning style
ethnic identity - ANSWER defining oneself for personal and social meaning of
belongings to one ethnic group
racial idenity - ANSWER physical criteria
5 stages of ethnic and racial idenitity - ANSWER pre-encounter (self-hatred,
based off of negative stereotypes)
encounter (incident that forces them to question the negatives)
immersion-emersion (begin to rid themselves of the ethnic hatred, rediscover
their culture and take on a new ethnic identity)
immersion (begins seeing importance of their culture, seeing the importance of
their people's contributions tot the greater society)
internalization (come to terms with living within the culture of US while
maintaining a relationship with their culture)
cross-cultural adaptation - ANSWER U curve
honeymoon- hostility- humor- home
middle: drop out because cant deal with hostility
themes from cross-cultural psychology - ANSWER 1. People tend to
communicate their cultural identity to others in the broadest possible terms.
2. Because we are all multicultural, our cultural identity is dynamic and always
changes.
3. Although culture is complex and variable, it is nevertheless patterned.
4. Interactions with other cultures can be viewed as a resource for understanding.
5. Behaviors should be judged in relation to its context.
6. persons holding a intercultural perspective continually strive to find common
ground between individuals.
cross- cultural interaction - ANSWER developed framework for understanding the
dynamics of any intercultural encounter between individuals with different
cultural patterns.
people have similar reactions regardless of the setting or people
