1. Culture Shock

2. Objetives
What is a cultural shock??
How can I identify it?
What can I do about it?

3. What is Culture shock?
Is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a move between social environments, or simply travel to another type of life.

4. Symptoms Abandonmen Anxiety Boredom Fatigue Paranoia Homesicknes
Depression
Boredom
Self-doubt
Fatigue
Insufficiency
Paranoia
Physical Ailments

5. Human Response to Change
1 Sudden Awareness
2 Denial
7 Problem
Solving
3 Blame Others
4 Blame Self
Performance
6 Acceptance
Confusion
5 Immobilization
Time

6. Adaptation Curve Adjustment Stage Honeymoon Period
Reverse Culture Shock
Culture Shock
Recovery

7. Honeymoon Period|Tourist Stage
Everything is exciting and new
The new culture is ideal [Is much better than you own]
You quickly recover after have problems.
Everything is quite positive
Honeymoon Period

8. Culture Shock Period
All the little problems and frustrations appear much bigger.
You feel confused and lonely
If you find someone from your own culture you may become dependent on them.
You will make stereotypes of the people.
You miss your own culture and country.
Culture Shock
This is the most critical stage and it is possible try to go back home, it is a stage too hard.

9. It is always possible to go back a stage into Shock again.
Recovery Stage
You eventually learn to deal with the differences.
You will try to integrate the new culture with your own beliefs.
You begin to learn the language and make more friends.
You have the occasional crisis but you develop a positive attitude towards it.
This period can be slow.
Recovery
It is always possible to go back a stage into Shock again.

10. Adjustment Stage You can now live with the new culture.
Your behavior is stable.
Although it is difficult to be completely assimilated, you have got important personal changes and growth in order to be able to integrate into the new culture.
You have developed a bicultural identity.
Adjustment Stage

12. TIPS! BE TOLERANT!  BE POSITIVE!ATTITUDE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Be natural in your behaviour Allow yourself natural retreat (“don’t eat the cake in one piece”) or natural aggression - use these valves for regaining orientation
Regular stress-reducing mechanism Sports, favourite music, painting, teddy bear - whatever works for you when you are in stress at home
BE TOLERANT! 
Be open to new ideas, believes, experiences.
MAKE NEW FRIENDS
KEEP BUSY

13. Dealing with It
How to deal with
cultural shock?

14. 10. Keep busy and active
9. Establish strong friendship with people from the host culture
8. Make a list of positive things about the culture and look through it occasionally
7. Realize that everyone who goes abroad experiences culture shock

15. 6. Be an avid learner about the country
6. Be an avid learner about the country. Find out all the information you can
5. Try to trace every “strange action” to its underlying values
4. Find someone from your country that has been there longer. Use that person to gain perspective

16. 3. Avoid foreigners who spend their time complaining about the host culture. Avoid criticizing the host culture yourself
2. Work at maintaining a healthy sense of humor. Be ready to laugh at yourself
1. When talking about experiences, focus on your feelings rather than the causes