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Chapter 3 The Bases of Human Behaviour Solutions

Question - 11 : - Discuss the acculturative strategies adopted by individuals during the course of acculturation.

Answer - 11 : -

The following four acculturative strategies have been derived:

  1. Integration: It refers to an attitude in which there is an interest in both, maintaining oneтАЩs original culture and identity, while staying in daily interaction with other cultural groups.
  2. Assimilation: It refers to an attitude, which people do not wish to maintain their cultural identity, and they move to become an integral part of the other culture.
  3. Separation: It refers to an attitude in which people seem to place a value on holding on to their original culture, and wish to avoid interaction with other cultural groups.
  4. Marginalization: It refers to an attitude in which there is little possibility or interest or interest in oneтАЩs cultural maintenance, and little interest in having relations with other cultural groups.

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