| Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Describe a dialectical approach to cultural transitions. |
| | | 2. Identify four types of migrant groups. |
| | | 3. Define cultural adaptation. |
| | | 4. Identify three approaches to understanding cultural adaptation. |
| | | 5. Identify individual characteristics that may influence how people adapt. |
| | | 6. List outcomes of the adaptation process. |
| | | 7. Define and describe the occurrence of culture shock. |
| | | 8. Describe the reentry process and how it differs from adaptation to a host culture. |
| | | 9. Describe a phenomenological approach to understanding cultural adaptation. |
| | | 10. Describe how the adaptation process is influenced by contextual elements. |
| | | 11. Explain how different approaches to adaptation are related to cultural identity. |
| | | 12. Discuss the effect on the identity of living on the border and making multiple returns. |
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