The Social and Cultural Diversity core area emphasizes understanding of acculturation, cultural identity development, and multicultural concepts. Within common acculturation and identity frameworks used on the NCE:
Acculturation (A) is a broad term for the overall process of adapting to a new culture; it does not, by itself, specify whether individuals maintain their original culture, adopt the new one, or both.
Biculturalism (B) describes people who identify with and competently navigate two cultures, maintaining their original culture while also actively participating in and identifying with the new/dominant culture.
Marginalization (C) occurs when individuals do not strongly identify with either the original or the new culture.
Separation (D) refers to maintaining strong identification with the original culture while rejecting or minimizing identification with the new culture.
The question specifically describes identifying with both the original and the new culture. This is the definition of biculturalism, making B the correct answer.
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