cultural change that occurs in response to extended firsthand contacts between two or more previously autonomous groups.
The processes by which people acquire culture, starting at their birth and ending at their death.
The process of contacts between different cultures and also the outcome of such contacts. It may involve direct social interaction or exposure to other cultures through mass media.
the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
Process of adapting to a new culture, entailing an understanding of cultural patterns.
The process by which people in one culture or subculture learn to understand and adapt to the norms, values, life styles and behaviors of people in another culture or subcultures. For example, acculturation is the process by which a recent immigrant learns the way of life of the new country. Library services and materials facilitate this process.
The initial process of receiving and incorporating the attitudes, behaviors, values, and beliefs which make up the culture into which one is born.
the exchange of cultural features that result when groups come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct.
the transfer of culture from one ethnic group to another. In sociology, being able to function in more than one's own culture.
The process by which culture is transmitted through continuous first-hand contact with different cultures. Typically a subordinate culture acculturates toward a dominant culture.
modification of groups' and individuals' culture, behavior, beliefs, and values by borrowing from or adapting to other cultures.
Adaptation to a different culture.
The movement from a circumstance in which one is a member of a group having its own well internalized culture to a circumstance in which the person is a nonmember of a different identity group.
The process of adapting to a society by incorporating the beliefs, behaviors and customs of that culture.
The process of adapting to another culture; to acquire various aspects, but not all, of the majority group's culture.
To adapt to a different culture on fairly equal terms. During this process, individuals or groups adopt certain aspects of another culture in respectful, unforced ways. This term is different from assimilation, which is forced and one–sided.
The adoption by one culture of features from another, often as a result of conquest or colonialization—for example, the use of French as a primary language in many former French colonies in Africa.
Refers to the long-term process of adapting to new cultural behaviors that are different from one's primary learned culture and includes physical, biological, and social changes. Acculturation generally follows culture shock. Two considerations that result in differing acculturation outcomes are whether it is considered important to maintain one's cultural identity and to display its characteristics, and whether people believe it is important to maintain relationships with other groups. Outcomes include assimilation, integration, separation, segregation, seclusion, and marginalization (also defined in this glossary).
Exchange of features that results when groups come into continuous, firsthand contact.
1. cultural change: a change in the cultural behavior and thinking of an individual or group through contact with another culture: 2. absorption of culture: the process by which somebody absorbs the culture of a society from birth onward
There are actually a couple of different meanings to this word (given in no particular order). The first definition here relates to the effects of groups or societies on people..."The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture." or "The process by which the culture of a particular society is instilled in a human from infancy onward." Acculturation may also refer to a cognitive process that is similar to Piaget's "assimilation", as can be seen in this definition of acculturation: "the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure."
The process of acquiring the culture of an organization; merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact.
changes in the culture of a group or an individual as a result of contact with a different culture
Process of adapting to a new or different culture.
The process whereby the culture, values and patterns of the majority are adopted by a person or an ethnic, social, religious, language or national group. This process can also involve absorbing aspects of minority cultures into the majority culture’s patterns.
process whereby individuals learn the beliefs, values and lifeways of a culture other than the one into which they were born and accept these as their own.
Acculturation is the exchange of cultural features which result when groups come into continuous firsthand contact. Either or both groups of the original cultural patterns may be changed a bit, but the groups remain distinct overall. Differs from diffusion and can be voluntary or forced.