Culture Shock Absorber

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity adapted by:

Ogden, A (2009). Culture shock absorber. UK Education Abroad Faculty Toolkit. https://www.uky.edu/toolkit/culture_shock_absorber

 

The origin of the original activity is unknown.

Tags:

  1. culture shock
  2. emotional resilience
  3. hypotheses
  4. openness
  5. other awareness
  6. preparation for study abroad
  7. reentry
  8. self-awareness
  9. worldview frameworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. "Develop greater awareness of multiple perspectives on intercultural encounters." 2. "Recognize the various categories of automated thoughts and identify [their] own style of reacting to intercultural differences." 3. "Moderate group openness to actively learning about culture-specific patterns of interpersonal interactions" (Ogden, 2009).