Author Question: Which statement(s) is/are most true about the concept of acculturation? Select all that apply. ... (Read 74 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Which statement(s) is/are most true about the concept of acculturation?
Select all that apply.

a. A person who accepts both his own culture and a new culture and adopts elements of each has been acculturated.
b. It is theorized that it can take years and even generations for an immigrant group to acculturate.
c. A person who gradually learns and takes on the essential values, beliefs, and behaviors of the dominant culture has been acculturated.
d. Acculturation is the outgrowth of a minority group's need to survive and flourish in a new culture.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about race and ethnicity is/are true? Select all that apply.

a. Ethnicity refers to a person's cultural use of the indigenous healthcare system.
b. A person can have several aspects of a racial culture or be multicultural.
c. Ethnicity refers to groups whose members share a common and social heritage that is transmitted to the next generation.
d. Race primarily reflects biology and refers to grouping of people based on biological similarities.

strudel15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, D
Immigrants or new members of a group or country assume the characteristics of that culture through a learning process called acculturation. A person who is acculturated accepts both his own and the new culture, adopting elements of each. Acculturation is the outgrowth of the minority group's need to survive and flourish in the new culture. Many experts theorize that it takes years, perhaps three generations, for an immigrant group to become acculturated. Assimilation occurs when the new members gradually learn and take on the essential values, beliefs, and behavior of the dominant culture.

Answer to Question 2

C, D
Race refers to the grouping of individuals who share similar biological characteristics, such as blood type, skin color, and so forth. A person can be biracial; however, multicultural describes groups rather than individuals. Ethnicity refers to groups whose members share a common and social heritage that is transmitted to the next generation.