PSY 4540 South University Assimilation vs Acculturation Discussion

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Many people come to the United States from other cultures and find it necessary to blend their culture with dominant cultural traits in the U.S. through acculturation. Acculturation is the process of adopting aspects of and integrating into another culture while maintaining aspects of one’s original culture. Some come here to escape their home cultural traditions for various reasons and find it necessary to adopt the dominant U.S. cultural traits as a replacement. This is known as assimilation. Some clients come to counseling because they are having difficulties adjusting to living within a new culture. What is the role of the counselor here? Should the counselor help the client move towards acculturation or towards assimilation? Why? Are there other options besides assimilation or acculturation? Support your answer with information from scholarly sources such as peer reviewed journal articles.PSY4540

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Assignment 25
Role of Counselor: Assimilation vs. Acculturation
Professionals in the psychology field have to be prepared to help immigrants cope in a new
environment, especially as more anti-immigrant rhetoric has flared up. Milton Gordon’s
Assimilation in American Life showcases the movement in the early 20th Century promoting
assimilation of United States immigrants. (Alba, 54) However, in the late 20th Century the idea
was shunned for not being conducive to other cultural practices. (Id.) This comes from the
inherently one-sided nature of assimilation compared to...


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