Enculturation/Acculturation

Enculturation is defined as....

• the process of how we adopt the behaviours that are the norm for our culture

• the changing of a person's behaviour and characteristics as a result of contact between different cultures.

What Social Group was Wood's (2002) study concerned with?

• Gender

• Age

• Race

• Nationality

What was the result of Wood's (2002) study on enculturation?

• Both boys and girls spent time playing with all toys equally

• Boys and girls only played with the 'neutral toys'

• Boys spent more time playing with 'boys toys'

• Girls spent more time playing with 'girls toys'

According to Berry (1974), what are the 4 different acculturation strategies?

• Integration, Stimulation, Assimilation, Marginalization

• Inculcation, Separation, Assimilation, Marginalization

• Integration, Separation, Association, Marginalization

• Integration, Separation, Assimilation, Marginalization

What is Reverse Culture Shock?

• The stress a person experiences as they adapt to their new culture

• The disorientation when a person returns to their home culture

• The frustration between parents and children as they experience a new culture

• The alienation a person experiences when they attempt to integrate with their new culture

Greenfield (2006) carried out an enculturation study on Mayan Mothers in Mexico. What type of research design was used?

• Naturalistic Observation

• Lab Experiment

• Field Experiment

• Correlational

Odden and Rochat's (2004) enculturation study compared Western Culture to which cultural group

• Indonesian Cooking Culture

• Chinese Farming Culture

• Samoan Fishing Culture

• Aboriginal Hunting Culture

In the study by Lueck and Wilson on Acculturative Stress (AS) (2010), what was NOT a result of their findings?

• Negative treatment prevented AS

• Billinguilism reduced AS

• Sharing family values decreased AS

• Economic opportunities limited AS

What was the aim of the Miranda and Matheny (2000) study on Acculturative Stress (AS)?

• Investigate which factors in the lives of U.K expats to the Spain would decrease AS.

• Investigate which factors in the lives of Pakistani immigrants to the U.K. would decrease AS.

• Investigate which factors in the lives of Asian American immigrants and Asian non immigrant to the U.S. would decrease AS.

• Investigate which factors in the lives of Latino immigrants to the U.S. would decrease AS.

Why would a student at Fairgreen be less susceptible to 'Culture Shock' (AS) than students from most other schools when moving to a new culture?

• Most other schools are not as big as GWA

• There are multiple nationalities that integrate at GWA

• All students at GWA have lived in multiple cultures

• 90% of students in all other schools are from the same culture