Multi Cult Ch 5

Question 0

Immigrants

Answer 0

People who move to another country voluntarily. The decision to move can take weeks, months, or even years, which allows these people to prepare for the move and to begin the acculturation process before the move.

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

Experiences and changes that groups and individuals undergo when they come in contact with a different culture.

Question 2

Refugees

Answer 2

People who Are forced to move from their homelands because of war or political oppression. The decision to move is almost immediate,making days,hours,or even minutes, which does not allow these people to prepare for the move or to begin the acculturation process because they do not usually know which country they will finally settle in

Question 3

Acculturative stress

Answer 3

Feelings of tension and anxiety caused by the inability to adapt in the new country

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

An individual who blends in completely into the host society, taking on the values of that society and rejecting his or her original values.

Question 5

Separationist

Answer 5

An individual who refuses to take on any values of the host society, hanging on to his or her original values completely

Question 6

Marginalist

Answer 6

An individual who does not adopt either the host society’s values or his or her original values.

Question 7

Integrationist

Answer 7

An individual who holds on to his or her original values while also learning and adopting the values of the host culture

Question 8

Acculturated

Answer 8

Competent in host culture, but maintains own cultural identity as more essential.

Question 9

Alternation

Answer 9

Competence in both the host culture and ones original culture such that one is able to apply the values and behaviors that are appropriate for the situation.

Question 10

Multicultural perspective

Answer 10

The perspective that there are multiple groups within a Society and all groups are mutually appreciated.

Question 11

Premigration period

Answer 11

The time period before migration, when the acculturation process can begin to take place

Question 12

Migration period

Answer 12

The period when a group is migrating from the country of origin to the host country. This includes the period immediately before the migration, when the final feelings about moving see experienced and leave is taken from family and friends from the country of origin.

Question 13

Postmigration period

Answer 13

The period after settling into the host culture, when the stress of migration continues to be experienced and the adjustment to the new culture takes place

Question 14

Ecological fit/ ecological context

Answer 14

Similarity of the social and cultural environments between an immigrants country of origin and new host country

Question 15

Microsystem

Answer 15

A layer of context that includes relationships among family members living within one household

Question 16

Mesosystem

Answer 16

A layer of context that includes relationships in the immediate are outside the family, such as schools, work,the extended family, and the community in which one lives.

Question 17

Exosystem

Answer 17

A layer of context that includes major societal institutions, such as the media and government

Question 18

Macrosystem

Answer 18

A layer of context that includes the cultural norms and societal rules that determine rules of conduct