CULTURAL SHOCK

Neonila Boichuk
 What is Culture shock?

Is the personal disorientation a

person may feel when
experiencing an unfamiliar
What is a cultural shock? way of life due to immigration
How can I identify it? or a visit to a new country, a
What can I do about it? move between social
environments, or simply travel
to another type of life.
Symptoms

Abandonmen Paranoia Depression

Anxiety Boredom
Boredom Self-doubt
Fatigue Fatigue
Paranoia Homesicknes Insufficiency
 Human Response to Change

1. Sudden Awareness

2. Denial 7. Problem
Perfomance

3. Blame Others

4. Blame Self

Confusion 6. Acceptance

5. Immobilization

Time
Adaptation Curve
Adaptation Curve

Honeymoon • Everything is exciting and new

Period
• The new culture is ideal (Is
much better than you own)
• You quickly recover after have
problems
• Everything is quite positive
Adaptation Curve
This is the most critical
stage and it is possible
try to go back home, it is
a stage too hard
• If you find someone from your own
Culture Shock
• All the little problems and
frustrations appear much bigger.
• You feel confused and lonely
culture you may become dependent
on them.
• You will make stereotypes of the
people.
• You miss your own culture and
country.
 Adaptation Curve

• 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. Recovery
• You have the occasional crisis but
you develop a positive attitude
towards it.
It is always possible to
• This period can be slow. go back a stage into
Shock again
Adaptation Curve

• You can now live with the new

Adjusment
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.
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 How to deal with cultural shock?
• 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
• 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
•  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. 1. When talking about experiences, focus on your feelings rather than the causes
THANK YOU
FOR
ATTENTION