1 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. CHAPTER 12: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Intercultural Competence FLAN 3440 This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND Acculturation The process of cultural change whereby you adapt to a new culture by adopting its values, attitudes, and practices When two different cultural groups engage in continuous contact, one of the two groups will induce more change than the other 2 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. Acculturative Stress The degree of physical and psychological stress persons experience when they enter a culture different from their own as a result of the adaptation required to function in a new and different cultural context. People face changes in Diet Climate Housing Communication Role prescriptions Media consumption Norms Values Isolation Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. 3 Acculturative Stress The degree of physical and psychological stress persons experience when they enter a culture different from their own as a result of the adaptation required to function in a new and different cultural context. People face changes in Diet Climate Housing Communication Role prescriptions Media consumption Norms Values Isolation Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. 4 Acculturative Stress The degree of physical and psychological stress persons experience when they enter a culture different from their own as a result of the adaptation required to function in a new and different cultural context. People face changes in Diet Climate Housing Communication Role prescriptions Media consumption Norms Values Isolation Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. 5 Model of Acculturation The culture influences the individual, and the individual influences the culture Young Kim’s model maintains that acculturation is an interaction between the stranger and the host culture the role of communication, the role of the host environment, and the role of predisposition best explain the acculturation process 6 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. 7 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. SOURCE: Based on data from Kim, Y. Y. (1997). Adapting to a New Culture. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural Communication: A Reader (8th ed., pp. 404–417). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 8 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. SOURCE: Based on data from Kim, Y. Y. (1997). Adapting to a New Culture. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural Communication: A Reader (8th ed., pp. 404–417). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 9 Neuliep, Intercultural Communication, 7e. © SAGE Publications, 2018. SOURCE: Based on data from Kim, Y. Y. (1997). Adapting to a New Culture. In L. A. Samovar & R. E. Porter (Eds.), Intercultural Communica.