1.the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture;
the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
2.all the knowledge and values shared by a society
3.the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
涵化(acculturation)指不同民族接触引起原有文化的变迁,涵化研究是研究不同民族的接触而产生的文化变迁过程及其结果的。 Acculturation is the obtainment of culture by an individual or a group of people. The term originally applied only to the process concerning a foreign culture, from the acculturing or accultured recipient point of view, having this foreign culture added and mixed with that of his or h