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CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 12. Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Intercultural Competence. Acculturation. The process whereby you adapt to a new culture by adopting its values, attitudes, and practices. Factors to bring cultures together: Mobility Voluntariness Permanence

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CHAPTER 12

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  1. CHAPTER 12 Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Intercultural Competence

  2. Acculturation • The process whereby you adapt to a new culture by adopting its values, attitudes, and practices. • Factors to bring cultures together: • Mobility • Voluntariness • Permanence • Acculturative stress—the anxiety and stress associated with acculturation.

  3. Model of Acculturation • The culture influences the individual, and the individual influences the culture • Acculturation of an individual influenced by: • Communication • Environment • Competence • Host receptivity • Host conformity pressure, etc.

  4. Modes of Acculturation • Assimilation • Integration • Separation • Marginalization • Cultural transmutation

  5. Culture Shock • The effects associated with the tension and anxiety of entering a new culture, combined with the sensations of loss, confusion, and powerlessness resulting from the forfeiture of cultural norms and social rituals.

  6. Model of Culture Shock

  7. W Curve of Culture Shock • Contains two of the U curves of the culture shock model • Includes re-entry shock • Makes communication of cross-cultural experiences difficult to share • Generally, culture shock takes approximately one year

  8. Model of Intercultural Communication Competence • Knowledge component—at minimum, a comprehension of values and beliefs. • Influenced by: • Cognitive simplicity and rigidity • Ethnocentrism

  9. Model of Intercultural Communication Competence • Affective component—motivation to interact with those from other cultures. • Influenced by: • Intercultural communication apprehension • Intercultural willingness to communicate

  10. Model of Intercultural Communication Competence • Psychomotor component—enactment (skill) of the knowledge and affective components. • Elements: • Verbal and nonverbal performance • Role enactment

  11. Model of Intercultural Communication Competence • Situational Features—competence varies in situations and contexts. • This is dependent upon: • Environment • Previous contact • Status differential • Third-party interventions

  12. Integrated Model of Intercultural Competence • Empathy • Intercultural experience/training • Approach tendencies • Global attitude • Listening skills

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