Acculturation

Future Research In future studies, researchers could put less emphasis on what parenting style is the best style. The preferred style requires resources that families from lower SES cannot afford or do not have access to. Research should not only focus on Caucasian or Europeans families as the middle-class, but also do studies on middle-class families that are outside of the typical Caucasian or European families. There are many findings on parental involvement throughout high school and in…

at Sycamore Elementary School. Additional focus on the author as a cultural broker is discussed in Chapter 2, The Beautiful Laughing Sisters—An Arrival Story, in which experiences such as driving lessons, holiday celebrations and various other acculturation skills are aided by…

Roverle Inalvez is the name of my grandmother. She is currently sixty-one years old. Teaching was her first profession, but that was when she was still in the Philippines. As of now, she finds passion in taking care of the elderly. She is married and has given birth to three children and one of them is my mother, her only daughter. Raising a family has been a real struggle for my grandparents considering that they married at an early age. My grandfather had to leave his family behind in the…

Week 7 Assignment When it comes to sexual behavior, it all boils down to the rules that are set by moral reasoning. What is consider wrong or right varies across all cultures. How a culture may view these rules of moral reasoning will results in what is viewed as proper behavior for the culture. For example how suicide is viewed as a dishonor to Westerners and for Easterner it is viewed a an honor giving the situation.(Matsumoto, D, 2001) Morals are not set in stone and are always followed,…

individual’s psychological symptoms match a known disorder (Comer, 2014). In addition, clinicians should take into consideration an individual’s culture. Focusing on whether or not the individual is an immigrant, cultural factors, and the individual’s acculturation into the dominant culture (Comer, 2014). The following paragraphs will address the possible advantages…

By interacting with a person of a different cultural background, I was able to understand how the process of the acculturation may be experienced differently, depending on one’s ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, or religion. Listening to the story about Marisela’s first husband made me realize that for many people acculturation is a life changing and stressful experience that may have negative outcomes on their mental health (E.1). Learning about the discrimination…

the Sky: Missionary Medicine." In all the readings, it is evident that medicine is associated with power, and healing is innately spiritual. It is most evident in the susceptibility of Tanganyika and the South African coast to the two-pronged acculturation of missionary medicine. I believe the readings make an argument that directly moves the discussion of medicine from the physical realm to the metaphysical realm while leaving the complex implications of these relations to our own judgments.…

Harmony is when you feel happy. Harmony is when people are all getting along together. Harmony is when people are nice to one another. Harmony is the flow of life. According to a student from East-West Center, University of Hawaii, diversity means differences or variations or unlikeness. In our modern world, diversity plays an important role. In human context, diversity discusses the variety of cultures, languages, ethnic groups, socio-economic backgrounds, opinions, and religious beliefs.…

When a counselor is working with diverse populations such as a Euro-American counselor facilitation groups for Mexican-American clients the counselor needs to be aware of their client’s needs and have an understanding of their culture. One way of better understanding a culture other than your own is by assimilating yourself into the culture you are unfamiliar with, therefore, participate in that cultures rituals learning about their beliefs. After learning about the cultures history religious…

A group of about 15 college Latina girls are gathered around tables paging through Cosmopolitans and National Geographics, cutting, and gluing items onto a blank puzzle piece. Conversation is open and casual, yet central on the theme of “I am.” These girls are part of Colorado State University’s Las Comadres program, which aims to provide a social space for Latina students, as well as support them with their career goals and prepare them for a diverse society. The purpose of this research was to…