Acculturation - A Personal Journey Across Cultures

Acculturation is the process of group and individual changes in culture and behaviour that result from intercultural contact. This Element presents variations in the meanings of the concept and a survey of empirical work with indigenous, immigrant and ethnocultural peoples around the globe that employed both qualitative and quantitative methods.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Acculturation; 3. General acculturation framework; 4. Adaptation to acculturation; 5. Assessment of acculturation and adaptation; 6. Empirical research on acculturation; 7. Conclusion.

Summary

Acculturation is the process of group and individual changes in culture and behaviour that result from intercultural contact. This Element presents variations in the meanings of the concept and a survey of empirical work with indigenous, immigrant and ethnocultural peoples around the globe that employed both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Product details

• Authors: John W. Berry, Berry John W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781108731096
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73109-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Elements in Psychology and Cul; Elements in Psychology and Culture
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological methodology, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity