PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acculturation, Coronary Artery Disease, Social Stratification
10 Dec 2016
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Appreciate the difficulty of engaging in research on acculturation. Differentiate b/w how the u- and l- shaped curves represent attitudes toward different host cultures. Explain how acculturation can be affected by cultural distance, cultural fit, and acculturation strategies. Explain john berry"s model of four different acculturation strategies. Understand how acculturation can lead to negative consequences. Compare and contrast how identity denial and stereotype threat have consequences in multicultural contexts. Explain the relationship b/w bicultural identity integration and frame-switching. Acculturation = process by which people migrate to and learn a culture that"s different from their heritage culture. Sizeable pool of existing research but not very coherent or empirically grounded. Hard to render generalizable results research on this topic is especially difficult. People migrate for different reasons -- as refugees, to seek wealth, to study. People migrate to different contexts -- cultural ghettos, homogenous neighborhoods, cultures that actively discriminate against them.
