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    This document discusses three concepts related to cultural adoption and learning: enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation. Enculturation is the process by which individuals learn the norms and values of their own culture. Acculturation is when people from one culture adopt aspects of another culture, such as language and food, without losing their original cultural identity. Assimilation occurs when a minority cultural group fully abandons their original culture and adopts the values and behaviors of the dominant culture.

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    This document discusses three concepts related to cultural adoption and learning: enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation. Enculturation is the process by which individuals learn the norms and values of their own culture. Acculturation is when people from one culture adopt aspects of another culture, such as language and food, without losing their original cultural identity. Assimilation occurs when a minority cultural group fully abandons their original culture and adopts the values and behaviors of the dominant culture.

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    This document discusses three concepts related to cultural adoption and learning: enculturation, acculturation, and assimilation. Enculturation is the process by which individuals learn the norms and values of their own culture. Acculturation is when people from one culture adopt aspects of another culture, such as language and food, without losing their original cultural identity. Assimilation occurs when a minority cultural group fully abandons their original culture and adopts the values and behaviors of the dominant culture.

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    Acculturation, Assimilation

    and Enculturation
    In sociology
    Enculturation
    • Enculturation is the process by which an individual learns about
    his/her own culture..

    • Enculturation is the process in which an individual learns about the


    norms and values of a surrounding culture. He/she then acquires the
    necessary and appropriate norms and values.

    • Enculturation is the major adaptation progression to a specific


    culture.
    Acculturation
    • Acculturation is the process in which the people of one culture adopts the
    culture of the other that is not originally their own.

    • People who spend much of the time in the foreign are likely to adopt the
    foreign culture and hence are the examples of the acculturation.

    • Acculturation is often seen in language, style of clothing, food habits, etc..

    • Acculturation generally does not affect/threaten the identity or recognition


    of the people/culture.
    Assimilation:
    • Simply understanding, assimilation or cultural assimilation is the process in
    which different cultural groups become alike/similar to each other.

    • Cultural assimilation is a process in which a minority group/person


    becomes a part of a dominant group or assume the values, behaviors, and
    beliefs of another group

    • Basically, assimilation results into complete abandonment of the original


    culture and adoption of the new culture.

    • Assimilation is the eventual outcome of acculturation process.

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