cultural shock - 复件

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1、CultureShockCultureShockItwasfirstintroducedbyKalveroObergin1958.Hefoundthatallhumanbeingsexperiencethesamefeelingswhentheytraveltoorliveinadifferentcountryorculture.Cultureshockisalmostlikeadisease,ithasacause,symptomsandacure.Itdescribestheanxietyproducedwhenapersonmovestoacompletelyn

2、ewenvironment.CultureShockCauseStagesSymptomsCauseItiscausedbytheanxietythatresultsformlosingallourfamiliarsigns,symbols,orsocialcontact.Thosecuesorsignsincludevariouswaysinwhichweadaptourselvestothesituationofdailylife.Theyareacquiredbyallofusinthecourseofgrowingupandareasmuchapartofou

3、rcultureasthelanguagewespeakorthebeliefsweaccept.CauseAllofusdependonthesecuesforourpeaceofmindandourefficiency,mostofwhichwedonotcarryonthelevelofconsciousawareness/Whenanindividualentersastrangeculture,allormostofthesefamiliarcuesareremoved.Heorsheislikefishoutofwater.StagesKalveroObe

4、rg(1958)describesfourstagesthatpeoplegothoughwhentheyexperiencesituationsthatareverydifferentfromthosetowhichtheyareaccustomed.FoursStagesofCultureShockClicktoaddTitleHoneymoonstageAnxietystageRecoverystageAdaptationstageStage1:HoneymoonphaseDuringthisphase,thenewexperienceisperceivedto

5、beinteresting,entertaining,andcharmingforculturaltravelers.Theyfeelcuriousandexcitedatwhatevertheysee,hearandeat.Thestressesassociatedwithculturaldifferencesaretoleratedandmayevenseemfunandhumorous.Itusuallylastsfromseveralweekstohalfayear.Stage2:AnxietystageItcanbecalledhostilitystage.

6、Atthisstage,thenewcomersbegintonoticethatnoteverythingisasgoodastheyhadoriginallythoughtitwas.Theybecometiredofmanythingsaboutthenewculture.Moreover,peopledon’ttreatthemlikeaguestanymore.Everythingthatseemedtobesowonderfulatfirstisnowawful,andeverythingmakesthemfeeldistressedandtired.St

7、age2:AnxietystageAtthispointintheiradjustmenttoanewculture,peopledevisesomedefensemechanismstohelpthemselvescopeandtoprotectagainsttheeffectsofculturalshock.Stage2:AnxietystageOnetypeofcopingmechanismiscalled“repression”,whichhappenswhenthenewcomerspretendthateverythingisaccept