Module 4: Acculturation

Gira Bhatt

Module 4: Acculturation

Readings

Schönpflug, U. (2002). Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Coping [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1068. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Celenk, O., & Van de Vijver, F. (2011). Assessment of Acculturation: Issues and Overview of Measures [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1105. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Schachner, M. K., van de Vijver, F. J., & Noack, P. (2017). Contextual Conditions for Acculturation and Adjustment of Adolescent Immigrants – Integrating Theory and Findings [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1142. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Chen, J. J. (2019). Cultural-Developmental Perspective: Chinese Immigrant Students’ Academic Achievement Motivation as an Illustrative Example [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1153. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Berry, J., & Hou, F. (2016). Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada. Canadian Psychology, 57(4), 254-264.
Available through PsycInfo Database

Teaching Materials

Major Points
PowerPoint Presentation [PPT]
Selected video presentations (choose 1 or 2)
Critical Thinking Questions

Major Points

1. Canada
  1. Demographic
  2. Immigrants, Refugees, Sojourners
  3. Canada’s Multiculuralism: Policy
2. Berry’s Acculturation Model
  1. Two Issue: Four Statuses
  2. Assimilation
  3. Integration
  4. Marginalization
  5. Separation
3. Host Culture’s Attitude
  1. Forced Assimilation of the Indigenous people
  2. Tainted history of residential schools in Canada
4. Acculturative Stress
  1. Social support
  2. Education
  3. Voluntariness of contact
  4. Minority Youth

Videos

How Culture Drives Behaviors | Julien S. Bourrelle | TEDxTrondheim (12:7)

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Acculturation- Wikipedia Article Audio (32:13)

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Integrate, Don’t Assimilate. | Duaa Yaser Faquih | TEDxYlouth@AISR (5:53).

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Critical Thinking Questions

Think about your own high school classroom. Were there many people from your own ethnic group or just a few? How diverse was it? How did you deal with this diversity? Did the diversity of your classroom affect who your friends were? Did you have friends from different ethnic groups?
If you were the minister of education in your country, what would you change to improve the situation of immigrant students and why?
What is the interplay between acculturation and human development in academic motivation and achievement among immigrant students? How?

Critical Thinking Questions adapted from

Schachner, M. K., van de Vijver, F. J., & Noack, P. (2017). Contextual Conditions for Acculturation and Adjustment of Adolescent Immigrants – Integrating Theory and Findings [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1142. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Chen, J. J. (2019). Cultural-Developmental Perspective: Chinese Immigrant Students’ Academic Achievement Motivation as an Illustrative Example [PDF]. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1153. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

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