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CULTURE SHOCK ADJUSTMENT PROCESS REENTRY PROCESS INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS CULTURAL DISLOCATION OVERCOMING CULTURE SHOCK CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT CULTURE SHOCK CS is a psychological disorientation that most people experience when living in a culture markedly different from ones own ID: 658351

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Slide1

CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT

CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGSlide2

CULTURE SHOCK

ADJUSTMENT PROCESS

RE-ENTRY PROCESS

INDIVIDUAL REACTIONSCULTURAL DISLOCATIONOVERCOMING CULTURE SHOCK

CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT Slide3

CULTURE SHOCK

CS is a psychological disorientation that most people experience when living in a culture markedly different from one’s ownCS is a result of total immersion in a new culture. CS happens to people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad where they became anxious because they do not speak the language, know the customs, or understand people’s behavior in daily lifeSlide4

Symptoms of Cultural ShockSadness, loneliness, melancholy

Preoccupation with health Aches, pains, and allergies Insomnia, desire to sleep too much or too little

Changes in temperament, depression, feeling vulnerable, feeling powerless

Anger, irritability, resentment, unwillingness to interact with others Identifying with the old culture or idealizing the old country Loss of identity Trying too hard to absorb everything in the new culture or country Unable to solve simple problems Lack of confidence Feelings of inadequacy or insecurity Developing stereotypes about the new culture Developing obsessions such as over-cleanliness Longing for family Feelings of being lost, overlooked, exploited or abused Slide5

ADJUSTMENT PROCESS

(1)

Honeymoon

period

(2)

Culture Shock

(4)

Mental Isolation

(3)

Initial Adjustment

(1)

Honeymoon

period

(5)

Acceptance

& IntegrationSlide6

RE-ENTRY PROCESS

(1)

Honeymoon

period

(2)

Return anxiety

(4)

Re-entry shock

(3)

Return

Honeymoon

(1)

Acceptance & integration

(5)

Re-integration

 Slide7

INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS

Elmer (

2002)Slide8

CULTURAL DISLOCATIONS

The reaction someone makes in a cross-cultural encounter determines the result he gets. A positive reaction—characterized with openness, acceptance & trust— & produce rapport and understanding. A negative reaction—characterized with suspicion, fear, prejudice—& produce alienation and isolation.

The outcomes a cross-cultural encounter can be of three types:

The encapsulators, i.e. people who keep on avoiding or fighting the second culture by trying to creating a ‘small exclusive world’ based on their first or original culture. The cosmopolitan, which refers to people who adjust to both the first (original) and the second culture as well. The absconder, i.e. people who adjust to the second culture and “ignore” their first (original) culture. To get more complete description, look at the following diagram.Slide9

Reaction

Differences that cause disorientation

Toilets—Climate

Food—Water

Heat—Illness

Roads—Shops

Driving—Money

Markets—Transportation

Etiquette—Custom

Habit—Belief

Language—Traits

Religion

Physical Differences

Environmental Differences

Cultural Differences

Most Common

Most Successful

Most Rare

FLIGHT:

Rejection

Retreatism

Insulation

Regression

FIGHT:

Hostility

Anger

“Shock”

Disgust

Disapproval

Optimism, Empathy, Positive Outlook. Interest, Acceptance, Curiosity, Cross-Cultural Education

Cross-Cultural Contact

Goes ‘native’,

Falls in love with the new culture,

Adopts life-style, food, dress, speech, etc.

May take up citizen-ship in local country

May marry a local person

THE ENCAPSULATOR

avoid or fight the local (second) culture

build ‘Little

Batak

’, ‘Little China’, etc.

Minimum contact with local people

THE ABSCONDER

Adjust to local (second) culture

Minimum contact with original culture

Maximum contact with local people

THE COSMOPOLITAN

Adjust to both local (second) and original cultures

Aloof in both worlds

About equal contact with both

Cultural Type

Cultural Type

Cultural TypeSlide10

OVERCOMING CULTURE-SHOCK

Open your mind

Participate

Talk about itBe in contact Be Humorous