1. CULTURE SHOCK What Happens When People Stop Being Nice and Start Being Real!?

2. INTRODUCTION

4. VAMP LIKE ME

5. VAMPIRE HISTORY Where the Vampire Truly Comes From

6. What Do REAL Vampires Do

9. What do Vampires Look Like

11. Vampire Organizations

12. If you suddenly found yourself in the vampire culture, how would you react?

13. THE REALITY OF IT ALL

14. IT’S A GAME

15. CULTURE SHOCK When we encounter customs, values, attitudes, & beliefs that are at variance with the norm.

16. Kalerv Oberg (anthropologist) “ generalized trauma affecting individuals in a new and different culture.”

19. STAGES IN CULTURE SHOCK

20. Preliminary Stage We Make Plans to Leave

25. Re-entry Stage

26. The “W” Theory Of Culture Shock

30. Acculturation Culture change that results from continuous, first-hand contact between two distinct cultures

31. Coleen Kelly & Judith Meyers’ CROSS- CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY INVENTORY

32. Emotional Resilience People must keep a positive, buoyant, and vibrant state of mind; keep your self-confidence

33. Flexibility & Openness People need to be flexible and open to new and different ways of thinking and acting.

34. Perceptual Activity Ability to read people’s emotions, context, and meanings their messages convey

35. Personal Autonomy Ability to maintain one’s own values and beliefs and to assume responsibility for one’s own actions

36. Conclusions - Culture Shock Happens - Be Aware of Culture Shock - Expect Acculturation to Occur - Know What is Necessary on Your Part to Adapt to a New Culture