ASPECTOS ESPECIFICOS DEL IMPACTO CULTURAL

1. CULTURE
SHOCK

2. Overview
 Definition
 The Symptoms
 The Stages of Culture Shock
 Minimization of Culture Shock
 CULTURE SHOCK JAPAN
Housing
Food
Clothes
Schools
Festivals
Making Friends
 Conclusions

3. What is culture shock?
A physical or emotional discomfort or
anxiety that one suffers when coming
to live in another country or a place
that is different from the place of
origin
Source: Guanipa, C. (1998). Culture Shock. Retrieved on February 1,
2006 from http://edweb.sdsu.edu on February 1, 2006.
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4. The Symptoms
 Loneliness, melancholy.
 Loss of Identity
 Lack of confidence
 Longing for family
 Anger, irritability, unwillingness to interact with others
 Aches, pain, and allergies
 Feeling depressed, and powerless
 Insomnia
Source: Guanipa, C. (1998). Culture Shock. Retrieved on February 1, 2006 from
http://edweb.sdsu.edu.
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5. The Four Stages of Culture
Shock
 The Tourist or Honeymoon Stage
 Emptiness or Rejection Phase
 Conformist Phase
 Assimilation Phase
Source: International Travel Health and Vaccination Clinic. Culture
Shock. Retrieved on February 1, 2006 from
www.doctortravel.ca/culture_shock.asp
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6. Honeymoon Stage
 Person is excited and experiencing a new lifestyle
 Everything goes by smoothly
 Duration: Could last up to 6 months.
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7. Emptiness or Rejection Stage
 Dealing with problems such as transportation,
different foods, communication, etc.
 Complaints about the host country may arise
 Individual can use to find comfort with the
host country or simply go back to the country
of origin
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8. Conformist Phase
 Gaining more understanding of the new culture
 Feeling a sense of humor and pleasure about host
country
 The new comer is approximately 90% adjusted
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9. Assimilation Phase
 Acceptance of food, habits, drinks, and the customs of
the host country
 Realization that there are different lifestyles
 A feeling of comfort
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10. Variation
 Not everyone will experience all of the phases in the
sequential order.
 It is normal to experience culture shock. It is also
normal to experience as few as one stage or as many as
all four phases.
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11. Tips for Minimizing or
Fighting Culture Shock
 Recognize Accept Focus
 Don’t forget the good things that you’ve accomplished
 There are always resources for you to take advantage of
 Ask for help if you need to do so
 Exercise, swim, do aerobics, etc.
 Be patient and constructive
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12. CULTURE SHOCK
EXAMPLES
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13. CULTURE SHOCK
JAPAN
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/
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14. HOUSING
TAKE your shoes off
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15. Food
 The word for "meal" in Japanese is gohan.
A traditional morning meal
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16. Clothes
A child wearing a kimono
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17. Schools
Students also learn
traditional Japanese arts
like shodo (calligraphy) and
haiku
Elementary schools have started
teaching English
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18. FESTIVALS
Golden Week and Obon
This only compounds the culture shock
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19. MAKING FRIENDS
Making friends is important
.
Don't be shy
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20. CONCLUSION
 Culture shock could create a serious problem for a new
comer to a foreign place.
 Culture could be learned and adapted easily with open
mind while prepare to adjust the behavior to match the
new culture to avoid the culture shock.
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