Acculturation and Assimilation Research The universal of acculturation originated in the field of anthropology and has been studied extensively in anthropology as well as sociology and psychology Redfield.

Acculturation and Assimilation Research The universal of acculturation originated in the field of anthropology and has been studied extensively in anthropology as well as sociology and psychology Redfield, Linton and Herskovits (1936) define acculturation as "...those phenomena which be the effect when groups of individuals having different refinements come into continuous first-hand contact, with following changes in the original cultural patterns of either or the two groups" (p.149). In 1954, the Social Science Research Council defined acculturation as,

culture change that is initiated through the conjunction of two or more autonomous cultural bodys Acculturative change may be the deduction of direct cultural transmission; it may be derived from noncultural causes, as it was as ecological or demographic modifications, induced at an impinging culture; it may be delayed, as with internal adjustment following concerning the acceptance of alien traits or patterns; or it may be a reactive adaptation of traditional gradations of life. Its dynamics can be seen as the selective adaptation of value methods the processes of integration and differentiation, the generation of developmental followings and the operation of part determinants and personality factors (Barnett, Siegel et al. 1954 p 974)