USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Acculturation is one of several forms of culture contact, and has a couple of closely related terms, including assimilation and amalgamation. Although all three of these words refer to changes due to contact between different cultures, there are notable differences between them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assimilate the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of assimilating involves taking on the traits of the dominant culture to such a degree that the assimilating group becomes socially indistinguishable from other members of the society. As such, assimilation is the most extreme form of acculturation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Acculturation is a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into a new culture, or when another culture is brought to someone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Assimilation is one outcome of acculturation. It involves the complete adoption of the ways of life of the new cultural group, resulting in the assimilated group losing nearly all of its original or native culture.