 OBSERVE THE CHARACTER IN THE VIDEO CLIP.

 TAKE NOTE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS

 DEVELOPMENTAL
MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL
SENSITIVITY
(DMIS)
 DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF
INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY (DMIS)
• The framework describes the different
ways in which people can react
to cultural differences.
 DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF
INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY (DMIS)
 DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF INTERCULTURAL
SENSITIVITY (DMIS)
Stage 1: Denial of Difference
• the individual does not recognize cultural differences
Stage 2: Defense against Difference
• the individual starts to see cultural differences and is intimidated by them, resulting in
either a superior view on own culture or an unjustified high regard for the new one.
Stage 3: Minimization of Difference
• although individual see cultural differences, they bank more on the universality of
ideas rather than on cultural differences
Stage 4: Acceptance of Difference
• the individual begins to appreciate important cultural differences in behaviors and
eventually values
Stage 5: Adaptation to Difference
• the individual is very open to world views when accepting new perspectives
Stage 6: Integration of Difference
• the individual starts to go beyond their own cultures and see themselves and their
actions based on the multifarious cultural viewpoints.
 LET’S IDENTIFY THE
STAGE OF
INTERCULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT MODEL OF
SENSITIVITY.
(TABLE)
 LET’S IDENTIFY THE
STAGE OF
INTERCULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT MODEL OF
SENSITIVITY.
Identify the stage in the DMIS of the following dialogue of the
following statements that could be heard from an individual.
a) "Everywhere is home, if you know enough about how things
work there.“
b) "No matter what their culture, people are pretty much
motivated by the same things."
c) "The more difference the better- more difference results in more
creative ideas."
d) "To really help this student, I'm going to have to change my
approach.“
e) "When you go to other cultures, it makes you realize how much
better the U.S. is."
f) “As long as we speak the same language, there’s no problem”.