AN ANALYSIS OF ACCULTURATION IN

DIFFERENT CULTURE

Fathan Muchlis Haqi

132120187 / 6E
BACKGROUND

culture change that occurs when two populations

come into contact and has been treated in two
ways:
(1) as a unidimensional measure of the adoption of
values, beliefs, norms and behaviours of another
population, or
(2) as a bidimensional measure of adherence to
each of two cultures
THEORY
Acculturation is the dual process of cultural and psychological change that takes place
as a result of contact between two or more cultural groups and their individual
members. At the group level, it involves changes in social structures and institutions
and in cultural practices. At the individual level, it involves changes in a person’s
behavioural repertoire. These cultural and psychological changes come about through a
long-term process, sometimes taking years, sometimes generations, and sometimes
centuries. Acculturation is a process of cultural and psychological changes that involve
various forms of mutual accommodation, leading to some longer-term psychological
and sociocultural adaptations between both groups. Contact and change occur for a
number of reasons, including colonization, military invasion, migration, and sojourning
(such as tourism, international study, and overseas posting); it continues long after
initial contact in culturally plural societies, where ethnocultural communities maintain
features of their heritage cultures. While acculturation is a process that continues for as
long as there are culturally different groups in contact, some longer-term adaptation
to living in culture-contact settings takes various forms usually resulting in some form
of longer-term accommodation among the groups in contact. This often entails, for
example, learning each other’s languages, sharing each other’s food preferences, and
adopting forms of dress and social interactions that are characteristic of each group.
THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. I have difficulties to adapt in a new place
2. I have known about the culture in a new place that
I want to go
3. I do my culture even if I’m in the new place
4. I often have different mood in a new place
5. The people around me can accept my culture
6. I more feel comfort with the culture in My place
now
7. I ever have conflict about My culture and the other
culture
8. I have accustomed in a new place
9. There are so many differences between my culture
and the culture and the culture in the new place
10. I can analyze the differences between my culture
and the culture in my new place
RESULT OF QUESTIONNAIRE
Statement Yes No

1. I have difficulties to adapt in a new place 4 6

2. I have known about the culture in a new place that I want to go 3 7
3. I do my culture even if I’m in the new place 8 2
4. I often have different mood in a new place 4 6
5. The people around me can accept my culture 9 1
6. I more feel comfort with the culture in My place now 5 5
7. I ever have conflict about My culture and the other culture 3 7
8. I have accustomed in a new place 1 9
9. There are so many differences between my culture and the culture 5 5
and the culture in the new place
10. I can analyze the differences between my culture and the culture 2 8
in my new place
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 1

Wahyu Satyanto Nugroho

From Purworejo
Live in Berau – Kalimantan Timur
Junior Enginer Mechanical in PLN
PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 2

Ika Yuli Martanti

From Purworejo
Live in Malaysia
Production Operator in Takara Manufacturing
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 3

Mugiyono
From Purworejo
Live in Palembang
Safety Officer in PT Medco E&P Indonesia
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 4

Anik Rizky Pertiwi

From Jayapura
Study in Purworejo
Student in University of Muhammadiyah Purworejo
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 5

Muhammad Emil Yahya

From Purworejo
Work in Merauke
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 6

Firda Yuanita
From Sangatta
Study in Purworejo
Student in University of Muhammadiyah Purworejo
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 7

Muhammad Yunus Santoso

From Purworejo
Work in Blitar
PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 8

Ruri Febriana
From Purworejo
Live in Balikpapan
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 9

Satiti Andriani
From Purworejo
Work in Cikarang
 PHOTOS OF SAMPLE 10

Ria Sukma Afriani

From Purworejo
Study in Bandung
Student in University of Pendidikan Indonesia
THE CHART OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESULT
10
9
8
7
6
5
4 Yes
3
No
2
1
0
ANSWER ANALYSIS
Statement 1
Statement 2

30%
40% Yes
Yes 70%
60% No
No

Statement 3
statement 4
20%
40%
Yes Yes
80% 60%
No No
ANSWER ANALYSIS

Statement 5 Statement 6
10%

50%
Yes 50% Yes
90% No No

Statement 7

30%
Yes
70% No
ANSWER ANALYSIS

statement 8 Statement 9
10% Yes
Yes
No No
50% 50%

90%

Statement 10

20%

Yes
80% No
 CONCLUSION

Acculturation comprehends those phenomena which result

when groups of individuals having different cultures come into
continuous first-hand contact, with subsequent changes in the
original culture patterns of either or both groups under this
definition, acculturation is to be distinguished from culture
change, of which it is but one aspect, and assimilation, which is
at times a phase of acculturation.