Intercultural Comm 330

An individual who leaves the primary cultural context in which he or she was raised and moves to a new cultural context time.

People who move into new cultural contexts for a limited period of time and for a specific purpose, such as for study or business

People who come to a new country, region, or environment to settle more or less permanently.

People who are forced to relocate permanently because of war, famine, and oppression.

People who are forced for a short time to move from their region or country.

A type of cultural adaptation in which an individual gives up his or her own cultural heritage and adopts the mainstream cultural identity.

A type of cultural adaptation in which an individual retains his or her original culture while interacting minimally with other groups. Separation may be initiated and enforced by the dominant society , in which case it becomes segregation.

The policy or practice of compelling groups to live apart from each other.

A type of cultural adaptation in which individuals maintain both their original culture and their daily interactions with other groups.

A type of cultural adaptation in which an individual expresses little interest in maintaining cultural ties with either the dominant culture or the migrant.

A process by which individuals learn the rules and customs of new cultural contexts.

The process of lessening uncertainty in adapting to a new culture by seeking information.

A sense of uncertainty that stems from the inability to predict what someone will say or do

In the process of cultural adaptation, uncertainty that stems from the inability to explain why people behave as they do.

A strategy to cope with a new situation, being hesitant or withdrawn from the new environment.