As a result of reading Chapter 5 and participating in related class discussions and activities, you should be able to:

(1) Appreciate the pros and cons of culture shock;

(2) Try out different constructive strategies to manage culture shock as you move from a familiar environment to an unfamiliar one;

(3) Track the ebbs and flows of the developmental process along the W-shaped intercultural adjustment model;

(4) Realize that both entry culture shock and reentry culture shock are inevitable and often contain many surprising elements;

(5) Develop empathy for your intercultural friends, classmates, neighbors, and work colleagues as they move up and down in their roller-coaster sojourning experience.