Adapting to New Cultures

Adapting to new cultures is vague area. There are many different cultures that you could adapt too. For example; a baby boomer adapting to the social networking sites. Another example is someone moving from the U.S. to Asia. Nonetheless, adapting to cultures is stressful. A number of factors go into adapting to the culture. One of the things that are most important is cultural distance. Cultural distance is “the extent to which two cultures differ, affects ease of communication.” Two other main concepts are personal predispositions and communication bonds. Personal predispositions is having an open mind. It’s also about having training in regards to adapting to be more prepared. Communication bond is a mix of topics between acculturation-become part of a new culture-and host social communication. Host social communication is about relationships with members from the home culture. Nonetheless, developing an open mind and communication bonds are essential in adapting to a new culture.