CONSIDERATIONS FOR A NEW APPROACH ON ACCULTURATION; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS
CONSIDERATIONS FOR A NEW APPROACH ON ACCULTURATION; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS

Summary/Abstract: The present study targets the exploration and actualization of the research regarding acculturation, gives birth to new questions and looks for solutions in the context of opening borders, globalization and increasing territorial mobility. The ability to find adequate adaptive short term as well as long term solutions constitutes a necessity when it comes to bio-cultural survival in the context of current acculturation, also called ―cultural shock‖ because of its rapid transformation rhythm and the phenomenon’s ampleness. The research in this field is fragmentary, which makes it difficult to understand the phenomenon. One thus imposes a comeback to the origins, a change in perspective towards an integrative approach that is capable to see the interactions between biology, cognition and social relations that represent the foundation for developing adequate and effective integration politics strategies, capable to maintain the specific and variability of cultural contexts. Regarding this topic, in the education concerning biologic and cultural survival and promoting a healthy life-style, along with value related landmarks, it is required to approach two factors involved in the transformation process, sleep and personality (in its functional-processual aspect), having these mediating our life choices (nutrition, education, beliefs, symbolic values).

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