Socialization has been seen as a lifelong process of development, involving changes and continuities of the human organism in interacting with the environment. It involves the process by which we learn and internalize the rules and patterns of behaviour that are affected by culture. By learning and mastering societal cultural norms, attitudes, and belief systems, one can understand the culture in its truest and broadest sense (Matsumoto & Juang, 2004).
             Acculturation, as defined by Professor Stroink, is the "process by which an individual adapts to a new culture, eventually assimilating its practices, customs, and values." The acculturation of immigrants has been conceptualized by psychological disciplines as a case of resocialization; the acquisition of new social skills and norms; changes in reference and membership group affiliations; and emotional adjustment to a changed environment (Baker, 1999). In the acculturation process, Berry (1990) distinguishes between an internal source of change (which occurs as a result of invention, discovery, and innovation), and an external source of change (such as education, colonial government, and industrialization). He emphasizes the influence of psychological acculturation, which refers to the first-hand contact with another culture and by being participants in the general acculturative changes under way in their own culture. The influence of the contact usually continues for generations to come.
             During the process of acculturation, people may experience new phenomena that they constantly have to make decisions about, such as, in what language to speak, what to eat, and how to live their daily lives. People vary in the way they enter the acculturation process and in their degree of the process. For example, it has been demonstrated that people who live within collective societies leave very little room for socialization processes that involve individual decisions. ...