TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation strategies and integrative complexity
T2 - The cognitive implications of biculturalism
AU - Tadmor, Carmit T.
AU - Tetlock, Philip E.
AU - Peng, Kaiping
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - People are being exposed to second cultures in growing numbers, yet the role played by second-culture exposure in shaping sociocognitive skills has received little theoretical attention. The authors address this gap by exploring the relationship between acculturation strategies and integrative complexity. Consistent with the acculturation complexity model, studies of both Asian American college students (Study 1) and Israelis working in the United States (Study 2) show that biculturals are more integratively complex across domains (e.g., culture, work) than either assimilated or separated individuals. Using priming manipulations to clarify the directional flow of causality between acculturation and integrative complexity, the authors also find that greater integrative complexity among biculturals is driven by acculturation pressures (Study 3). Finally, the authors discuss the adaptive implications of multiculturalism.
AB - People are being exposed to second cultures in growing numbers, yet the role played by second-culture exposure in shaping sociocognitive skills has received little theoretical attention. The authors address this gap by exploring the relationship between acculturation strategies and integrative complexity. Consistent with the acculturation complexity model, studies of both Asian American college students (Study 1) and Israelis working in the United States (Study 2) show that biculturals are more integratively complex across domains (e.g., culture, work) than either assimilated or separated individuals. Using priming manipulations to clarify the directional flow of causality between acculturation and integrative complexity, the authors also find that greater integrative complexity among biculturals is driven by acculturation pressures (Study 3). Finally, the authors discuss the adaptive implications of multiculturalism.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Biculturalism
KW - Frame switching
KW - Integrative complexity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57349175454&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0022022108326279
DO - 10.1177/0022022108326279
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AN - SCOPUS:57349175454
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 40
SP - 105
EP - 139
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 1
ER -