Discuss the acculturative strategies adopted by individuals during the course of acculturation.

Following are the acculturative strategies adopted by individuals during the course of acculturation:

(i) Integration: It refers to an attitude in which there is an interest in both, maintaining one’s original culture and identity, while staying in daily interaction with other cultural groups.

(ii) Assimilation: It refers to an attitude, which people do not wish to maintain their cultural identity, and they move to become an integral part of the other culture. In this case, there is loss of one’s culture and identity.

(iii) Separation: It refers to an attitude in which people seem to place a value on holding on to their original culture, and wish to avoid interaction with other cultural groups. In this case, people often tend to glorify their cultural identity.

(iv) Marginalisation: It refers to an attitude in which there is little possibility or interest in one’s cultural maintenance and little interest in having relations with other cultural groups. In this case, people generally remain undecided about what they should do and continue to stay with a great deal of stress.