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Acculturation Difficulty - A problem stemming from an inability to appropriately
adapt to a different culture or environment. The problem is not based on any coexisting
mental disorder.
Achieved Status - Social status and prestige of an individual acquired as a result of
individual accomplishments (cf. ascribed status).
Adaptation - is a process of reconciliation and of coming to terms with a changed sociocultural environment by making "adjustments" in one's cultural identity. It is also a stage
of intercultural sensitivity, which may allow the person to function in a bicultural
capacity. In this stage, a person is able to take the perspective of another culture and
operate successfully within that culture. The person should know enough about his or her
own culture and a second culture to allow a mental shift into the value scheme of the other
culture, and an evaluation of behaviour based on its norms, rather than the norms of the
individual's culture of origin. This is referred to as "cognitive adaptation." The more
advanced form of adaptation is "behavioural adaptation," in which the person can
produce behaviours appropriate to the norms of the second culture. Adaptation may also
refer to patterns of behavior which enable a culture to cope with its surroundings.
Adaptation Level - Individual standards of comparison for evaluating properties of
physical and social environment such as crowding and noise.
Advocacy View - of applied anthropology is the belief that as anthropologists have
acquired expertise on human problems and social change, and because they study,
understand, and respect cultural values, they should be responsible for making policies
affecting people.
Affirmative Action - "Affirmative action" refers to positive steps taken to increase the
representation of minorities (racial, ethnic minorities and women in general) in areas of
employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded.
Age Discrimination - is discrimination against a person or group on the basis of age. Age
discrimination usually comes in one of two forms: discrimination against youth, and
discrimination against the elderly.
Age Set - Group uniting all men or women born during a certain historical time span.
Aggregate - Any collection of individuals who do not interact with one another.
Alternative Medicine - Any form of medicine or healthcare practices which are not
within the jurisdiction of the official health care delivery system nor legally sanctioned.
Ambient Environment - Changeable aspects of an individual's immediate surroundings,
e.g., light, sounds, air quality, humidity, temperature etc.
Ambient Stressors - Factors in the environment that contributes to the experience of
stress.
Anchor - A reference point for making judgments. In social judgment theory, anchor is
the point corresponding to the centre of the latitude of acceptance.
Animism - Is the belief that souls inhabit all or most objects. Animism attributes
personalized souls to animals, vegetables, and minerals in a manner that the material
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