CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Shock‚ Offend and Sell The main goal of advertisement is to attract customers‚ therefore to sell a product. The methods that advertisers use to achieve this goal are not always pleasant and attractive; moreover the most popular and effective advertisement technique is shock advertisement. Hundreds of advertisements are everywhere around us‚ including in the media‚ which are designed to shock us by using religious‚ violent‚ morally offensive‚ sexual‚ vulgar and other controversial images. These
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Shock Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. This results in an imbalance between the supply of and demand for oxygen and nutrients. The exchange of oxygen and nutrients at the cellular level is essential to life. When a cell experiences a state of hypoperfusion‚ the demand for oxygen and nutrients exceeds the supply at the microcirculatory level. Classification of Shock The four main categories of shock are * cardiogenic‚: *
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getting frustrated from the electric shocks. This experiment can be improved to meet scientific standard by‚ first giving honest feedback to the participants. So that the data would be accurate‚ and the response wouldn’t be build just on frustration. Second‚ if I were doing this study‚ my hypothesis would be that the electric shocks from incorrect answers would actually cause the participants to try hader‚ and get more of their answers correct. The electric shocks would serve as a positive reinforcer
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This theory pertains to the ability of the organization to absorb and acknowledge the importance of new information and updates that will help improve the efficiency of each member of the organization. An organization that can adapt to changes‚ learn new knowledge and is able to incorporate these to every member of the organization yields better results rather than an organization that does not value new knowledge and remains ignorant of the changes happening in the society. *Source: Management
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Anemia August 11‚ 2011 (Kansas City‚ Missouri) — Taking less blood from acute-MI patients for diagnostic tests may improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired anemia‚ a new study published online August 8‚ 2011 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests [1]. Multiple studies have shown that hospital-acquired anemia is associated with greater mortality and worse health status in patients with acute MI‚ but the relationship between diagnostic phlebotomy and the risk of hospital-acquired
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THE CURRENT PERSPECTIVES OF NURSING PRACTICE Electric Shock Therapy St George’s University of London Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences Nurse’s knowledge of and attitude to ECT Objective was to explore nurse’s knowledge of and attitude to ECT and to find whether knowledge and experience of ECT correlated with more positive attitudes to the treatment A questionnaire that included 211 Registered nurses working in a London Mental Health. It included knowledge and attitude scales
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When people think toxic shock syndrome they often automatically think women and tampons‚ but in reality it can affect men‚ children‚ and postmenopausal women. Toxic shock syndrome is rare‚ but it is also life threatening. It often results from complications of types of bacterial infections such as toxins from Staphylococcus aureus or group A streptococcus bacteria. Toxic shock syndrome is associated with having viral infections‚ having cuts or burns on the skin‚ having recent surgery‚ using contraceptive
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1111260035 ASSIGNMENT’S TOPIC Pros and cons of culture shock Culture shock is an inevitably phenomenon which occurs commonly in our daily life. I believe that most of us have experienced culture shock by one way or others but some of us did not notice its influences in our life‚ and some even did not recognize it. In this paper‚ I will discuss about the pros and cons of culture shock. I will also tell you about my sparkling experience of culture shock to illustrate these pros and cons in more detailed
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In researching about mental health for a project‚ I stumbled upon an article in the Atlantic called "Shock and Disbelief." In writer Daniel Smith’s article‚ he argues that the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the complete opposite of the Hollywoodized image of electroshock therapy and instead is a very safe and proven effective way of treating mental illnesses. His purpose is to destigmatize ECT and promote a positive outlook on receiving treatment for mental illnesses. He adopts an educated tone
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