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Characteristics of culture shock. What is culture shock? |
A stressful transitional period when individuals move from a familiar culture environment to an unfamiliar one |
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ABC's of culture shock |
Affectively: often feel anxiety, bewilderment,confusion, disorientation, and intense desire to be somewhere else Behaviorally: They are confused as to norms and rules that guide comm appropriateness and effectiveness. Cognitively: they lack competence to interpret or explain :bizarre" behaviors |
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Pros and Cons of culture shock |
psychosomatic problems (headache, etc) caused by prolonged stress 2.affective upheavals consisting of feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, mood swings and interaction awkwardness caused by the inability to perform well in the new language |
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5 Thing culture shock involves |
1. a sense of identity lose and deprivation 2. identity strain as a result of the effort required to make necessary psychological adaptations 3.identity rejection by members of the new culture 4.identity confusion, especially regarding role ambiguity and unpredictability 5.identity powerlessness as a result as not being able to cope with the new environment |
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Approaching culture shock: underlying factors |
•Motivation Orientation
•Personal Expectations •Cultural Distance •Psychological Adjustment •Sociocultural Adjustment •Communication Competence •Personality Attributes |
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Initial Tips to manage culture shock |
1.Increase motivation to learn about the new culture.
2. Keep expectations realistic andincrease familiarity with diverse facetsof new culture. 3. Increase linguistic fluency andappropriateness and understand corevalues linked to specific behaviors. 4.Work on tolerating ambiguity and other flexibility attributes. 5.Develop close friends and acquaintanceship to manage identitystress and loneliness. 6. Be mindful of suspending ethnocentricevaluations of interpersonal behaviorsof host culture. |
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Developmental patterns The U-curve adjustment model |
1. initial adjustment: optimistic or elation phase 2.Crisis: stressful phase when sojourners are overwhelmed by own incompetence 3.Regained adjustment: settling-in phase, involving effective coping |
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Developmental patterns The revised W-shape adjustment model |
A.Honeymoon “Everything is Beautiful” B.Hostility “Everything is Ugly” C.Humorous “Everything is Quite Funny” D.In-Sync “Everything is OK” E.Ambivalence “Everythingis Sweet & Sour” F.Re-Entry Culture Shock “Everythingis Off Center” G.Re-Socialization “Everythingis Home Again… Maybe?!” |
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Approaching culture shock: Motivational orientation |
> individuals with voluntary motivations tend to manage their culture shock experience more effectively. >individuals with involuntary motivations tend not to manage their culture shock effectively. |
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Approaching culture shock: Personal expectations |
When a person has realistic expectation and positive expectation they are more likely to have a easier culture shock experience. |
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Approaching culture shock: Cultural distance |
Tends to be more severe when the cultural distance is high. (values, language, verbal styles, nonverbal gestures, learning styles, decision-making styles, conflict negotiating styles, religious and sociopolitical/ economic systems) BUT: when there is a low cultural distance expectancy there can be more problems because the small details are looked over. |
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Approaching culture shock: Psychological adjustment |
Is the feeling of well-being and satisfaction. Ways to cope with highs levels of stress to to have positive self-talk strategies and positive situational appraisal strategies. i.e giving yourself a reward fro learning new things in a culture and changing the way you see things like a "mean" french teacher to the french teacher who pushes you to learn more. |
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Approaching culture shock: sociocultural adjustment |
Refers to the ability to fit in and execute appropriate and effective interaction in a new cultural environment. The willingness of the host country and its people play a large part, the friendship networks also help with the feeling of hopelessness. |
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Approaching culture shock: communication competence |
Critical components for adjustment -cultural-sensitive knowledge -motivation to adapt -the activation of apporate and effective communication skills -the mastery of culture-based contextual rules -the achievement of conjoint outcomes between the intercultural communicators. |
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Approaching culture shock: Personality attributes |
Personality traits play a role in the success-fullness of a intercultural exchange. If an individual is more independent they should be put in a culture that share the same values while an individual who is interdependent should be fitted accordingly |