Which Berry acculturation strategy involves maintaining heritage culture while actively engaging with the host culture?

• A. Integration
• B. Assimilation
• C. Separation
• D. Marginalization

Answer: (A)

Berry's acculturation framework describes how people navigate two cultural worlds: heritage and host society. The strategy that preserves and expresses heritage traditions while also engaging with the host culture is integration. This means keeping language, customs, and identity from your homeland while actively participating with the host community—learning the local language, making friends there, and taking part in local institutions. This bicultural approach supports flexible adaptation and social connectedness across contexts.

In contrast, assimilation means adopting the host culture and letting go of the heritage culture; separation means maintaining heritage culture while avoiding the host culture; and marginalization means losing ties to both cultures.