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• Cultural adaptation


  Humans' and civilizations' capacity to adapt to changes in their natural and social surroundings
• Depending on the extent of habitat changes, culture changes can range from minor changes in livelihood systems to major transformations of the entire cultural system, including its social, ethnic, psychological, and ideological spheres
• Stages of Cultural Adaptation

  1. The Honeymoon Stage

  2. Disintegration

  3. Reintegration or Irritation

  4. Autonomy

  5. Independence
• The Honeymoon Stage


  The initial stage in which a person learns about a new culture. Everything is fresh and fascinating
• Disintegration


  The new environment shocks the individual's culture at this time. After a few weeks, frustrations may begin to surface
• Reintegration or Irritation


  This stage is influenced by the personality of the individual. The emotions associated with this stage are typically anger and resentment
• Autonomy


  If the reintegration stage is effectively accomplished, a person has overcome their difficulties and developed an integration strategy
• Independence


  Since their cultural backgrounds have been changed as a consequence of the adaptation, people returning home may rethink their original cultural practices and discover that some have been altered or reduced
• Culture Shock


  A sense of confusion and uncertainty sometimes with feelings of anxiety that may affect people exposed to an alien culture or environment without adequate preparation
• Culture Shock


  Refers to the psychological disorientation that most people experience when they are exposed to a culture different than their own for an extended period of time
• Effects of culture shock

  • Identity
  • Self-worth
  • Competence
  • Security
  • Belongingness
• Effects of culture shock

  • Anxiety
  • Fatigue
  • Negative emotions
  • Discomfort
  • Incompetence
  • Confusion of values
• Cultural Competence


  The awareness, knowledge, skills, practices, and processes needed to function effectively and appropriately in culturally diverse contexts
• Types of Cultural Competence

  • Systematic Cultural
  • Cultural competence in the workplace
  • Professional cultural
  • Individual cultural
• Systematic Cultural


  Requires proper norms and procedures, monitoring mechanisms, and sufficient resources to encourage culturally competent behavior and practice at all levels
• Cultural competence in the workplace


  Requires the skills and resources to satisfy the variety of customers, as well as corporate culture that fosters and evaluate cultural competency as a core business function
• Professional cultural


  Founded on education and professional development, and cultural competence standards are required to guide individuals in their work lives
• Individual cultural


  Requires the maximum of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors inside a company, allowing individuals to cooperate with a diverse variety of colleagues
• To ensure cultural competence

  1. Plan ahead of time. Discover various civilizations and cross-cultural relationships

  2. Be aware of your own cultural beliefs, expectations, and biases

  3. Individual and team cultural competence is a continual process of learning about cultures, cultural adaptation, and cross-cultural communication

  4. Explain key as needed

  5. Assist immigrants in assimilating into the society; involve them in the communication process
• Benefits of Cultural Competence

  • Cultural Self-Awareness
  • Confidence
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Psychological Health
  • Intercultural Identity
• Cultural Self-Awareness


  A better understanding of our own world views and how we come to hold them. Improved understanding of our own culture and ability to convey it to others
• Confidence


  Improved control and competence in cross-cultural relationships. There is less tension and uncertainty in complex situations
• Interpersonal Skills


  Improved listening and communication abilities. Improved ability to build bridges between people from different cultures, as well as establish and sustain good relationship and collaborations
• Psychological Health


  Defensiveness and stress are decreased
• Intercultural Identity


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• May you only do what your heart tells you