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The document discusses culture shock and the process of adapting to a new culture. It describes culture shock as a generalized trauma that affects individuals in a new culture due to unfamiliar signs, collapsed interactions, and a threat to personal identity. Culture shock occurs in stages as one first observes as a spectator, then participates while adjusting to daily life, experiences shock as problems surface, and eventually adapts by developing new relationships and assimilating. Adapting well requires maintaining an open and positive mindset, flexibility, perceptiveness, and personal values.
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- 1. CULTURE SHOCK WhatHappens When People Stop Being Nice and Start Being Real!?
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- 6. What Do REALVampires Do
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- 9. What do VampiresLook Like
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- 12. If you suddenlyfound yourself in the vampire culture, how would you react?
- 13. THE REALITY OFIT ALL
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- 15. CULTURE SHOCK Whenwe encounter customs, values, attitudes, & beliefs that are at variance with the norm.
- 16. Kalerv Oberg (anthropologist)“ generalized trauma affecting individuals in a new and different culture.”
- 17. Basic Changes that Must be Made Changes in our Thinking Changes in our Habits Changes in our Relationships Changes in our Sources of Gratification
- 18. Causes of CultureShock The Loss of Familiar Signs & Signals The collapse of normal interpersonal interaction A Danger to Our Personal Unity
- 19. STAGES INCULTURE SHOCK
- 20. Preliminary Stage WeMake Plans to Leave
- 21. Spectator Stage WeSee Many Strange Sights We Have New Experiences We Meet New People
- 22. Participant Stage HoneyMoon Is Over Must Decided on Day To Day Things Eat Live Shop Work School
- 23. Shock Stage Webegin to Adjust Difficult Problems Surface We feel Lethargic Food may be distasteful We become irritable The Host’s slightest suggestions seem like criticisms. Work declines Loneliness Sets in We have difficulty communicating our feelings to others
- 24. Adaptation Stage Ingroup relationships develop with the locals Speak the language Assimilate
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- 26. The “W” Theory Of Culture Shock
- 27. 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 Preliminary 2) Spectator Participant Shock 5) Adaptation 6) Preliminary Spectator Participant 9) Shock 10) Adaptation
- 28. Problems with Re-EntryCultural: adjustment to daily personal and work routines; personal identity problems Social: Feelings of social-alienation; frustration caused by conflicting attitudes Linguistic: Practicing speech patterns learned abroad may be misinterpreted at home
- 29. Problems with Re-Entrycont. . . Political: Changes in political conditions at home requiring the adoption of new political views Educational: Lack of abroad professional educational programs & support groups a Professional: Resistance to change by colleagues
- 30. Acculturation Culture changethat results from continuous, first-hand contact between two distinct cultures
- 31. Coleen Kelly & Judith Meyers’ CROSS- CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY INVENTORY
- 32. Emotional Resilience People must keep a positive, buoyant, and vibrant state of mind; keep your self-confidence
- 33. Flexibility & OpennessPeople need to be flexible and open to new and different ways of thinking and acting.
- 34. Perceptual Activity Abilityto read people’s emotions, context, and meanings their messages convey
- 35. Personal Autonomy Abilityto maintain one’s own values and beliefs and to assume responsibility for one’s own actions
- 36. Conclusions - CultureShock Happens - Be Aware of Culture Shock - Expect Acculturation to Occur - Know What is Necessary on Your Part to Adapt to a New Culture