A woman who has lived in the United States for a year after moving from Europe has learned to speak English and is almost finished with her college studies. She now dresses like her peers and says that her family in Europe would hardly recognize her. This nurse recognizes that this situation illustrates which concept?

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Assimilation is a unidirectional, linear process moving from unacculturated to acculturated in which a person develops a new cultural identity and becomes like members of the dominant culture. Integration and biculturalism are bidirectional and bidimensional inducing reciprocal change in both cultures and maintain in aspects of the original culture in one's ethnic identity. There is nothing in the question to indicate that she has maintained aspects of her original culture and states that her family and friends would hardly recognize her. Nothing in the questions refers to aspects of heritage consistency, or the degree to which she has retained her original/traditional culture.

A Woman Who Has Lived in the United States for a Year