Stress-adaptation-growth dynamic

Adaptation-Assimilation Model

Cultural Resistance Model

Stress-Adaptive Model

Visiting a country for a few days and trying out local foods.

Moving to a new country for several years and gradually adopting its cultural practices.

Only learning basic phrases of a new language during a short trip.

Avoiding local customs and sticking strictly to your own cultural traditions.

Ignoring relationships with the dominant culture

Complete immersion in the dominant culture

Maintaining original cultural identity while establishing relationships

Forgetting original cultural practices completely

Students moving to a new country for college and changing all of their daily habits.

A tourist visiting a country for a week, trying local food, and learning a few phrases.

A person relocating to another country and starting to speak the local language fluently.

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