Your Friend Immigrated More Than a Decade Ago

question 29

Multiple Choice

Your friend immigrated more than a decade ago.While walking on the streets with your friend,he suddenly encounters a store that reminds him of his heritage culture.Which of the following is likeliest to result from that?

• A)Your friend will,at that moment,choose to develop more of a separation acculturation strategy.
• B)Your friend is more likely to think in ways consistent with his heritage culture,at least temporarily.
• C)Your friend will be prevented from entering the adjustment phase of acculturation,if he had not entered it already.
• D)Your friend will experience heightened acculturative stress.
• E)Your friend will temporarily feel like he was less acculturated than he had ever been.

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Definitions:

Relative Deprivation

A perceived disadvantage occurring when individuals think they are worse off compared to others in some respect.

Subjective Well-being

The self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people's quality of life.

Adaptation-level Phenomenon

The human tendency to judge new experiences by comparing them to past experiences or to what we've grown accustomed to.

Do-good,feel-good Phenomenon

Suggests that participating in altruistic behaviors, such as helping others, leads to personal happiness and well-being.