Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Assimilation study

This study has some points to pay attention to since we are a multicultural country. - - Donna Poisl

Researchers find majority and minority groups seek to protect their own identities

from UDaily

White Americans generally believe that members of minority groups should assimilate into the majority culture, rather than maintaining a distinct identity. That view changes, however, when they find themselves in a setting where they're the ones in the minority.

That's one of the findings in a new study by researchers at the University of Delaware and other institutions, published in the Association for Psychological Science journal Psychological Science, the highest ranked empirical journal in the field.
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