Question

As his assignment wound down and his time to return came nearer. Doug realized that he was both excited to return home and also sad. He is in what stage of the revised W-shape adjustment model?
Ambivalence

Answer 1

Answer:

As his assignment wound down and his time to return came nearer. Doug realized that he was both excited to return home and also sad. He is in what stage of the revised W-shape adjustment model?

a. Reentry culture shock

b. In-sync adjustment stage

c. Ambivalence Stage

d. Frustration/ Hostility Stage

The answer is C) Doug was in the Ambivalence stage of the revised W-shape adjustment model.

Explanation:

Ambivalence is a psychological state of having two simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object or situation.

It may also be referred to as a state where one is being pulled in two opposite directions for example, the wish to change and the fear of changing.

The subject of Ambivalence is a subtopic under the much more broader subject of Culture Shock and Intercultural Adjustment Patterns.

The subject tried to examine how people react in different environments and culture and their process of adjustment and re-adjustment.

The W-shaped model of culture derives from the U-shaped model.

The U-curve model includes the following stages of adjustment:

1. Initial adjustment

2. crisis phase

3. regained adjustment

In 1963 a six-stage adjustment model was proposed which includes:

1. Honeymoon stage

2. Hostility stage

3. Humorous stage

4. At home stage,

5. reentry culture shock and

6. Re-socialization stages.

The W-shaped model was revised into seven stages which are given below:

1. Honeymoon Stage

2. Frustration/hostility stage

3. Rebound/Humorous stage

4. In-sync adjustment stage

5. Ambivalence stage

6. reentry shock stage

7. re-socialization stage

Please see the attached document for a picture of the W-shaped adjustment model.

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