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Culture Shock Intercultural Communication
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Culture Shock Defined Stressful transition when individuals move from a familiar environment into an unfamiliar one
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You feel as though your identity and sense of self is stripped away Previously familiar cues and scripts are suddenly inoperable You don’t fit in
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Oberg 1960 coined term Culture Shock Oberg argues CS produces an identity disorientation Destroying your sense of wellbeing
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Oberg’s Identity disorientation state 1.A sense of identity loss 2.Identity strain due to making the psychological adaptation 3.Identity rejection by members of the new culture
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4.Identity confusion 5.Identity powerlessness of not coping with the new environment
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Furnham 2001 ABC’S of Culture Shock Affectively: feelings of anxiety, bewilderment, confusion, sadness, disorientation Intense desire to be elsewhere
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ABC’S of Culture Shock Behaviorally: confusion regarding the norms and rules that guide Cx appropriateness and effectiveness
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ABC’s of Culture Shock Cognitively: lack competence to interpret or explain these “bizarre” behaviors
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W-shaped Model **Modified** Honeymoon Stage: individuals are excited about new environment
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Culture Shock Model Hostility Stage: Sojourners experience major emotional upheaval
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Culture Shock Models Humorous Stage: learning to laugh at their cultural faux pas
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W- model of CS In-sync Adjustment stage: Sojourners feel “at-home” and experience security and inclusion
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Culture Shock Model Ambivalence stage: Experience wide range of feelings about going home
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Culture Shock Model Reentry Culture Shock stage: Often feel more depressed and stressed than during the initial entry shock
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Culture Shock Model Resocialization stage: Resocializers Alienators Transformers
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Pro’s (when managed effectively) A sense of wellbeing and heightened positive self-esteem Emotional richness and enhanced tolerance for ambiguity, competence, cognitive openness and flexibility Enhanced optimism self, other, and surroundings
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Con’s Psychosomatic problems due to prolonged stress Emotional upheavals:feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression, and drastic mood swings
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Con’s Interaction awkwardness due to the inability to make sense of the verbal and nonverbal cues
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Recap Checkpoint Culture Shock is inevitable Develop support network Establish contacts Seek positive mentors Recognize CS is a transitional
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World’s Apart Chapel Hill NC meets Malaysia Detroit Meets Peru St Louis Meets Mongolia Katonah NY Meets India
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