1. Culture is everywhere Why do we want to understand others’ cultures?----better understanding enhance better relationship How to understand others? Enlarging our frame of reference, Suspending judgment, and Asking why (Part 2, p. 39 Principle)

2. Culture Shock Definition of Culture Shock: the anxiety and frustration which we experience in a situation where all our former experience fail to help us interpret and adjust to a new culture. Symptoms of Culture Shock: (See Part 2, p. 47)

3. Culture Shock Cause of Culture Shock: Language: Relationship: being separated from old relationship and building new relationship Routine:changing in shopping patterns, transportation, banking, recreation, cooking, medical care, driving habits, patterns of communication,… Physical Health: hygiene, infectious disease,…

4. Identifying Expectations Check your expectations against the reality: (See Part 2, p. 56) Dealing with Violated Expectations: Stop: thinking about what happened and your feelings, monitoring the negative thoughts that go through your mind Suspend judgment: being aware the judgment your are making, keeping an open mind, seeking further information and pursuing understanding. Ask why:Understanding comes to those who patiently seek answers to their confusion.

5. Square Heads and Round Heads

6. Cultural Adjustment Map

7. Websites Culture Shocks http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/shock.h tm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/shock.h tm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/ethno.h tm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/ethno.h tm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/path.ht m http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/path.ht m http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/kwast.h tm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/kwast.h tm

8. Website Culture Shocks http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/mono.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/sing.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/reentry.htm http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CGuanipa/cultshok.htm Culture Adjustment http://www.buildabridge.org/Training/SevenStages/7stage s.html http://www.buildabridge.org/Training/SevenStages/7stage s.html