The Culture and Human Behavior box, ''The Stress of Adapting to a New Culture,'' describes four different patterns of adapting to a new culture. Which pattern of acculturation tends to produce the highest level of acculturative stress?

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Marginalization, which is the pattern where individuals do not identify with their original culture or the new culture, tends to produce the highest level of acculturative stress because they feel socially excluded and isolated, leading to psychological distress. Integration, on the other hand, leads to the lowest level of stress as individuals maintain their original cultural identity while also adopting aspects of the new culture. Assimilation involves giving up one's original cultural identity and adopting the new culture fully, while separation involves rejecting the new culture and maintaining one's original cultural identity.

The Culture and Human Behavior Box, ''The Stress of Adapting