Lesson 3

• Stage 1: Denial
• Stage 2: Defense
• Stage 3: Minimization
• Stage 4: Acceptance
• Stage 5: Adaptation
• Stage 6: Integration
• Denial: the individual does not recognize cultural differences
• Defense: the individual starts to recognize cultural differences and is intimidated by them
• Minimization: the individual sees cultural differences, banks more on the universality of ideas than cultural differences
• Acceptance: the individual begins to appreciate important cultural differences in behaviors and eventually in values
• Adaptation: the individual becomes very open to world views when accepting new perspectives
• Integration: the individual starts to go beyond their own culture and see their actions based on multifarious cultural viewpoints