...Cultural Shock. How could Frank have better prepared for the cultural shock he experienced? When visiting a country, one should expect people to have a different attitude about daily life and business. Expect there to be different Customs than our own, and expect behavior differences. To prepare for cultural shock Frank should have studied the country he was visiting. He should have been familiar with the norms, the behaviors and the costumes of that country. We believe that Frank should have been in Mexico a couple of days before meeting with the other company and should have set aside extra days to stay in Mexico. Chaney talks about Birslins (1981) five stages to coping with a new culture during short visits. He explains that the first stage is the “unacceptance of the host culture.” Chaney says that in this stage the traveler makes no effort to learn the language or the custom of the host culture. I believe that Frank is in this stage since he tells the client that he doesn’t want to declines the wine and the invitation to visit local sites. The book also talked about the qualifications when working in a different culture. Frank lacked most of them which are; Adaptability, flexibility, empathy and tolerance. Frank did not adapt well to the idea of talking about something different than business. He wasn’t flexible to the other things Juan, the manager of the firm in Mexico, had to offer (the wine). He also had no tolerance of that. In conclusion...
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...Cultural shock or shocking culture..! I would like to describe culture shock as a difficulty which distresses most of us to some degree. We might almost call culture shock an occupational disease of many people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Culture shock is precipitated by the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. These signs are the thousand and one ways in which we orient ourselves to the situations of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to give orders to servants, how to make purchases, when to accept and when to refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when not. These cues, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, customs, or norms are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and are as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us depend for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues, most of which are unconsciously learned. When an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of these familiar cues are removed. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded or full of good will he may be, a series of props have been knocked from under him. This is followed by a feeling of frustration and anxiety. People react to the frustration in much the same way. First they reject the environment which causes the discomfort: "the...
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...Leonora Christopher ENG1020 23 July 2012 Impact of Culture Shock . (rough draft) Immigration has changed many aspects of American society and has been influenced in return. People migrate around the world due to a multitude of reasons. Some adjust while others are lost in cultural shock and discrimination; many others form and join ethnic groups in an attempt to assimilate, while others resort to crime. These rapid changes direct American society in a new cultural direction. This research paper will attempt to define and explore the term culture shock, identify different stages in the process, share first-hand experiences and provide some personal remedies for dealing with culture shock as it relates to International travel. Modern technology allows an increasing amount of people to travel easily and quickly more often. Though man has always been mobile and has throughout history interacted with other units, tribes, nations and peoples, never before has the position of the individual been so favorable. Traveling and living abroad is more the standard than an exception among young students nowadays. With the flow of people also flow new ideas, concepts, ideologies and views. Through school and educational background, the media and arts, new views are continually being introduced to the public. However, only through traveling and living abroad can one get the actual experience of the things...
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...Phase 1 Individual Project International Business Communications Professor Randi Plante Colorado Technical University Online Octavia Briggs 16 April 2014 Opening a fast food restaurant anywhere can be challenging but going to another country to open a burger joint will take a lot of research and training of the right people. Language barrios will need to be gapped and food studies put into place. I am going to be writing about opening a fast food hamburger restaurant in China, Israel, United Arab Emirates and Mexico. Every country has differing foods and tastes thus it will be beneficial to do a lot of studying before anything else. Israeli food is very flavorful and all ingredients are at its best. This is true whether it be the foods from the streets or a fast food restaurant. Israeli people's sense of taste differs greatly from those in the United States; they are "Toffee Nosed" when it involves food. You would have to have a very tasty burger to make it in Israel and probably have to cook it on a charcoal grill rather the electric or gas before they will eat it. "The kosher social seal is awarded to eateries that pledge to treat those preparing and serving the food in an ethical way. This means paying overtime, providing health insurance, and ensuring the equal treatment of minorities – the list goes on." (Harman, D. 2008) In china, the elders are fed first; always wait until the host has finished their offer of words of greeting to start eating...
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...1. Introduction 1. Background In 1960, Oberg put forward a theory which is about 4 stages of culture shock. He focused on American travellers. Many people all around the world were travelling more because of improved technology and better transportation. Moreover, it became cheaper to go abroad therefore more people experience anxiety as a result of being in a different culture. 2. Purpose This report investigates how overseas students should get ready before go abroad so they can minimize or prevent culture shock. 3. Scope This report analyses mainly on Oberg’s theory which is about 4 stages of culture shock: honeymoon, crisis, recovery and adjustment. In addition, two changes of Oberg’s theory were discussed. Finally, a seven step plan for managing travel anxiety is also analysed along with the results of a survey on how to minimize culture shock for overseas students living in Melbourne. 4. Research methods/Methodology The information and data used in this report is based on primary sources. We did a questionnaire and it was completed by Swinburne students at Hawthorn. Also we used secondary data which is from internet and periodical resources. 2. Results Culture shock is called as a disease of people who have to go abroad immediately but it can be cure by many ways such as learning about when to shake hands and when to accept or refuse invitation. Getting in a strange culture individually can cause...
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...symptoms mostly were the feeling of loneliness and sadness. I also slept a lot. I felt like I just wanted to go deeper and deeper in my sleep and dream about my sweet home. I refused to go out and talk to native people. All I did was sitting in front of my laptop and watched Vietnamese movies or read Vietnamese magazines. It was all for the purpose of killing time and forgetting the emptiness in my heart. There are a lot of different theories about the phases of culture shock. The differences mostly depend on each individual’s personality. The most common theory is identified by Kalvero Oberg. He discovered the five distinct stages of culture shock in 1958, the five stages of culture shock. The first stage is called “honeymoon stage”. When entering to a new country, you may feel excited and eager to experiences new things. You’re in awe of the differences you see. Just looking at everything in the new place reminds you of sweet home during this stage. Desi Downey, an author of the article Culture Shock: It's the Little Things That Count in the Biggest Ways, lived in China for six years, and taught English there for much of that time. She narrated her own story when she first moved to China since her husband was offered a chance to work there. Before she ever left...
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...Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual for curative programmes in hospitals and dispensaries guidance for prescribing 2010 EDITION © Médecins Sans Frontières – January 2010 All rights reserved for all countries. No reproduction, translation and adaptation may be done without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. ISBN 2-906498-81-5 Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual Editorial Committee: I. Broek (MD), N. Harris (MD), M. Henkens (MD), H. Mekaoui (MD), P.P. Palma (MD), E. Szumilin (MD) and V. Grouzard (N, general editor) Contributors: P. Albajar (MD), S. Balkan (MD), P. Barel (MD), E. Baron (MD), M. Biot (MD), F. Boillot (S), L. Bonte (L), M.C. Bottineau (MD), M.E. Burny (N), M. Cereceda (MD), F. Charles (MD), M.J de Chazelles (MD), D. Chédorge (N), A.S. Coutin (MD), C. Danet (MD), B. Dehaye (S), K. Dilworth (MD), F. Fermon (N), B. Graz (MD), B. Guyard-Boileau (MD), G. Hanquet (MD), G. Harczi (N), M. van Herp (MD), C. Hook (MD), K. de Jong (P), S. Lagrange (MD), X. Lassalle (AA), D. Laureillard (MD), M. Lekkerkerker (MD), J. Maritoux (Ph), J. Menschik (MD), D. Mesia (MD), A. Minetti (MD), R. Murphy (MD), J. Pinel (Ph), J. Rigal (MD), M. de Smet (MD), S. Seyfert (MD), F. Varaine (MD), B. Vasset (MD) (S) Surgeon, (L) Laboratory technician, (MD) Medical Doctor, (N) Nurse, (AA) Anaesthetist-assistant, (Ph) Pharmacist, (P) Psychologist We would like to thank the following doctors for their invaluable help:...
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...dictionary, n.d.). Shock advertising is a marketing strategy that deliberately, rather than unintentionally, startles and offends its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals (Wikipedia, 2011). The Free Dictionary continues to state that the shock advertising technique is ideally intended to push boundaries and separate itself from the norm in hopes of attracting an audience and to provoke conversation. As its name states, shock advertising is usually presented in a controversial, bold, and offensive manner. Advertisers are hoping to revolutionize how one views the status quo for the sole purpose of selling a product. Further, shock advertising is created by the use of the images or words that are communicated. Shock advertising may disregard societal manners through nudity or by creating a sense of fear through brutal violence or because the product itself is deemed inappropriate (The free dictionary, n.d.). For example, the clothing brand FCUK’s creative arrangement of letters is unmistakably provocative (B&T, 2004). Shock advertising is not only controversial because of how its message is presented, but also whether it is effective (Wikipedia, 2011). Shock is a successful means of advertising because it creates an emotional persuasion, which ultimately leads to action from the consumer (Huntington, 2009). Thus, shock is useful because it generates action from an emotional reaction, not due to the outrageous images and headlines. Shock advertising is...
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...Shocking but Effective: Techniques Used by Awareness Campaigns Images are everywhere in the media. We see commercials, billboards, magazine advertisements and more every day. Eventually, people stop paying attention to what the ads are saying and what they are selling or promoting. Commercials start to mush together in unimportance as we wait for our TV shows to return. Billboards blur into each other as we see the same messages portrayed over and over. This challenges advertising companies to come up with catchier slogans, more comical commercials or images, anything to get people to snap out of it and pay attention to what they have to say. This particular image is an underwater advertisement seen clearly through the water. It is an advertisement for the Watch Around Water campaign in Australia promoting the supervision of children at public pools. The background is blue in order to blend in with the water and to look like water as well. There is a white boy wearing swim trunks face-down on top of the blue, sprawled across the advertisement. It is apparent that he is a drowned child. On the bottom of the image, partially covered by the dead child’s foot are the words “Where’s Your Child?” Under this is the logo for the Watch Around Water campaign. The ad makes it personally when it asks “Where’s Your Child?” It further insinuates the question of “Are you watching them?” and makes the viewer feel responsible, as they should, for their child’s whereabouts. The purpose...
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...Failure to Escape Traumatic Shock by Seligman and Maier The purpose of this study was to determine the type of learning acquisition in dogs that were subjected to three different styles of electric shock. They wanted to determine what method of learning worked the best to avoid a shock for an extended period of time. Each of the three groups of dogs learned escape/avoidance training, however the "escape" group and the "yoked" group gained more training than the normal control group. The "escape" group was taught during their training that touching the side panels during the shock would terminate it. This was repeated 64 times in the harness and the same training was done 10 more times in the shuttle box, 24 hours later. The "yoked" group received the same training as the "escape" group, however the "escape" group could touch the side panels to end the shock while the "yoked" group was taught the same thing, but touching the panels did not end the shock. In Experiment 1 the "yoked" group might have experienced a concept called learned helplessness. The researchers in this version of the experiment proceed to think that because the "yoked" group couldn't get out of the shocks by touching the side panels, that the group just accepted the fact that the shocks will take place and that they can't do anything about it. In Experiment 2, the experiment was designed to see if the dogs from experiment 1 would react the same to an inescapable shock as they did in experiment 1...
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...behavior tendency that it is. He then sets up an experiment at Yale University that will push the limits of human obedience. He has a “teacher” give out a series of simple word pairs for the “learner”. If the learner gets a word pair wrong then the teacher gives out a series of shock ranging from 15 to 450 volts. The teacher who is the real subject in the experiment does not know that the learner is a paid actor who does not receive any actual shocks. The motivation behind this experiment for Milgram was to test just how far people would go to obey the command of an authority figure. Milgram’s theory is that the subject will have total control of what they are doing and will disobey the authority figure when inflicting pain onto a hopeless human being. One of his subjects, Gretchen Brandt, is participating with the experiment when the learner got the word pair wrong she showed the self control to stop shocking to not continue. Milgram thought that this is how the majority of subjects would react, “Her behavior is the very embodiment of what I envisioned would be true for almost all subject”(Milgram, 44). Brandt simply wasn’t worried about rejecting the authority if it meant that she no longer would have to shock the subject again. The next subject that Milgram includes in his essay is an ordinary unemployed man named Fred Prozi. Prozi continues with the experiment as told until her got up to 195 volts, at this point the learner was no longer answering the questions. Prozi sees the...
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...Signs of Shock As a veterinary technician, it’s important to be able to recognize when a patient enters the animal hospital in distress. Prompt action following the hospital’s procedures can save a pet’s life. Shock is a medical term meaning a loss of circulation. If a pet is in shock, their blood pressure is very low. This can be critical if the pet’s vital organs and brain is not getting enough blood flow. There are many reasons why a pet may go into shock. Often it is due to a trauma to the body and or loss of blood. A pet that has been hit by a car can present to the hospital in shock, or a dog fight. Severe allergic reactions, heart failure, or excessive vomiting and diarrhea...
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...The Irony of Louise Mallard’s Widowhood In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the author disturbs the reader through the character of Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Louise Mallard is a coldhearted woman who is happy at the news of widowhood, unbeknownst to her family and friends. Mrs. Mallard’s train of thought throughout the story is unexpected and shocks the reader at every turn, but teaches the reader a few things about relationships in the process. Situational and dramatic irony are created through the interpretation of Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death and through her own untimely death. Two different events in this story shock the reader through situational irony. Situational irony occurs when the reader’s expectations of the story are met with an unexpected occurrence, something that the reader wouldn’t have guessed would happen. The first incident takes place shortly after the main character, Louise, is told that her husband has died in a railroad accident. Her immediate reaction is predictable; she clings to her sister and sobs because her husband is dead. When a person loses a loved one that person goes through a mourning period to grieve for the loss and to cope with the death. What the reader is unprepared for, however, is not this display of emotion directly after the news of the accident. Rather than devastated by his death, Louise is overjoyed. Rather than absorbing the news as some women, “with paralyzed inability to accept its significance”...
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...Stable Angina Case 2 Questions: C.C. is a previously healthy 27-year-old man admitted to the critical care unit after an accident in which he was hit by a car and dragged along the pavement for nearly 100 feet. He suffered a frontal contusion, fractured clavicle and ribs, and extensive abrasions on his arms, legs, side, back, and buttocks. He was tachycardic, hypotensive, unresponsive, and ventilating poorly when admitted. He was placed on a mechanical ventilator and given IV fluids for shock. C.C. responded well to fluids, with an increase in blood pressure and an improvement in urine output. 1. Based on his case history and responsiveness to fluid therapy, what type of shock was C.C. experiencing? Hypovolemic Shock 2. What other clinical findings would be helpful in confirming the type of shock? Low blood pressure, weak pulse, cyanosis of the lips and fingertips, shallow breathing 3. Because of his many open wounds and invasive lines, C.C. is at risk for sepsis and septic shock. What clinical findings would suggest that this complication has developed? Chills, light-headedness, little or no urine, palpitations, skin rash or...
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...Emergencies An emergency situation occurs when a person suddenly becomes ill or is injured and requires an immediate medical response. Emergencies can happen at any time. For example, imagine two friends at an amusement park, talking and laughing while waiting in line to ride a rollercoaster. One friend tells the other that she does not feel well. She looks pale. Suddenly, she falls to the ground. If her friend knows what to do, she may be able to prevent further harm to her friend, or even save her life. First Aid In many cases, emergency care may require some form of first aid. In a best-case scenario, emergency care is performed by an emergency care professional. However, in some cases, emergency care procedures are required before a professional can arrive on the scene. For this reason, it is important that the general population and, more importantly, all health care workers know how to perform emergency care. Agencies such as the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association train people to perform these life-saving procedures. Top of Form Question # 1 An emergency situation occurs when a person suddenly becomes ill or is injured and requires an immediate medical response. • [pic]True • [pic]False [pic] Correct Answer. Bottom of Form Top of Form [pic][pic] [pic][pic][pic] Question # 2 In a best-case scenario, emergency care is performed by whom? • [pic]An emergency care professional • [pic]The general population • [pic]A...
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