PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acculturation, Ikea

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“TheTimes:TheyareChanging”

● Thingsarechanging



ChangingTimes

● Intoday’sglobalworld,itiscommonfor

peopleto

○ Internalizemorethanoneculture

■ Whereyouoryourparents

immigratefrom,thenyour

Canadianculture

○ Speakmorethanonelanguage

○ Liveinamulticulturalcommunity

○ Havetiestoindividualswhose

nationalityisdifferent

● Globalization

● CrossCulturalMarriages

● Immigration

Globalization

● Interactionandintegrationamongpeople

andinstitutionsofdifferentnations

● Informationtechnology(e.g.,Google)

● Internationalbusiness(e.g.,IKEA)

GlobalCivilization:

● Boundariesofasocietyarenotdefined

spatially,butexistsintermsofthe

connectednessbetweenpeople

○ Traditionallywehadgeopolitical

divideswherebordersand

boundarieswerecreated(eachof

thecountriesbeingcarvedout,the

linesarearbitrary…yetpeople

stronglyidentifywiththose

arbitrarilydrawnlines)

○ Wehavebusinessesandsystems

thatbreakdowntheborders→

morethaneverpeopleare

connectedeverywhere

■ Youcanliterallyin10

secondscallsomeone

fromacrosstheworld

■ Soalotofthese

separationsarebeingless

separated

■ Somepeople

thinkthisis

progress,and

otherswhoare

threatenedby

theseordersand

boundaries

dissolving

■ (moralityreading

talksaboutthis)

■ People

who

really

like

boundari

esare

threaten

edby

globaliza

tion

Crossculturalmarriagesandfamilies

● Whenparentsarefromtwodistinctdifferent

cultures,

○ Childrenareexposedtoaspectsof

bothcultures

○ Theydevelopmulticulturalidentities

○ Existenceofmultiple

psychoculturalsystemsof

representations

■ Thewayapersonasks,

thinks,feels,willbe

influencedbybothcultures

(ortwo,orthree,orfour)

○ In2017,87%approvedofblack

andwhiteinterracialmarriage,

comparedto4%inthe60sand70s

Interracialmarriages

● Theproportionofinterracialmarriagesvaries

withrace(white,blacks,hispanics,and

asiansmarryingoutsidetheirethnicgroup)

● Newlymarriedcoupleswhocrossedracial

andethniclines

● Thelightercolourthelessproportionof

interracialmarriages,thedarkercolouris

moreproportionofinterracialmarriages

● Inthedeepsouth→notsomuchinterracial

marriages

●What’simportantisthebroadtrendsacross

thedifferentregionsandpairings!

ImmigrationandEmigration

● Graphshowingthefrequencyofimmigration

ratesinthemid1800sto2010

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● Therearepeaksandvalleysandupper

trends(thisisUSdata)

● Notalotofimmigrationhappeninginthe

1800sthegrowthandprosperityafter

industrialrevolution,whichledtoinitialclimb

● Thenpreworldwar1whichwasthehighest

peak→mostEuropeanimmigrantscoming

over(UK,WesternandEasterncentral

Europe)

● Thendropduringthetwoworldwars(where

immigrationpoliciesbecomemorestrict)

● Thenafterthewar,theyloosenthe

immigrationpoliciesandthereisaninflux

● Thisdoesn’taccountforrecenttrends→

suchassinceTrumpwaselected.

● SimilardatawhichshowsfroCanada’s

confederationto2012

● Verysimilartrendsasafunctionofthese

differenteventssuchaswars,economic

prosperities,depressionsetc.

PoliticsandImmigration

● NotallCanadiansareonboardwiththese

Refugeemovements

● Trumpvowstomakemexicopayforthe

borderwall

● Canadianspridethemselvesoncultural

diversity

NationalistPartiesandAntiImmigrationPolicies

● FrontNational(France)

○ Quarteroffrenchvotelastelection

period

● NationalDemocraticParty(Germany)

○ NeoNazisentiment

○ Theboatisfull

● GoldenDawn(Greece)

○ Thirdmostpopularparty

○ Sowecanridthislandoffilth

● PartyforFreedom(Netherlands)

○ antiIslamicandantiJewish

○ 14%ofthevote

NationalistPartiesandAntiImmigrationPolicies

● “Theyshouldhavesurveillance,theyshould

weararmbands”→classicstrangerdanger

behaviour

○ Thismindsetisnothingknew,itjust

isbeingplacedontoanewethnic

groupthatisthefocusofattack

ChangingTimes

Immigration

● Parentsmaycontinuetomaintaincultural

practiceathome

● Peersandeducationsystemtransmit

beliefs/valuesofnewculture

● Rolereversalwhenchildrenprovideparents

withinfoaboutwaysofnewculture

○ Hardonparentstosurrenderpower

inordertolearnfromchildren

○ Hardonchildrenascultural

intermediaries,whilestillbeing

socializedbyparents

AcculturationandImmigration

Acculturation

● Processbywhichpeoplelearnaculturethat

isdifferentfromtheiroriginal(orheritage)

culture

PsychologicalAdjustment

● Whatdoesthismeanforthechanging

psychologicalexperience?

○ Acquiringanewlanguage

○ Learningnewinterpersonaland

socialbehaviours

■ howapersonthinks,feels,

emotionstheyexpress,

howtheyengagein

conversation,what’s

consideredappropriate,

taboo

○ Becomingaccustomedtonew

values

○ Becomingamemberofaminority

group

○ Adjustingone’sselfconcept

● Easierforapersonwho’scomingtoCanada,

especiallyToronto,whichmakesthe

transitionalittlemoreseamlessbecause

therearelikemindedindividuals,thereare

thisnormativetopdownviewthatit’sokayto

exhibitthosetraditionsandpractices

● ContrastingthiswithdeepsouthinAmerica,

moredifficulttotransitionherethanin

Toronto



ExperiencesofMulticulturalism

Acculturatingpeoplehavesuchvaryingexperiences

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