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)

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)

Culture Shock Cause of Culture Shock:

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

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 mindSuspend 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.

Square Heads and Round Heads

Cultural Adjustment Map

Websites Culture Shocks http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/shock.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/ethno.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/path.htm http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/kwast.htm

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

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