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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.
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Describe the reentry process and how it differs from adaptation to a host culture.
9.
Describe a phenomenological approach to understanding cultural adaptation.
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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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