Students should reflect on a time where they experienced ‘cultural dissonance’ – that is, when you have felt uncomfortable because of a change in the cultural environment. You might have experienced cultural dissonance when you went on holiday to a foreign country, studied abroad, worked overseas or even had interactions with people from a foreign country.
In no more than 500 words, students should:
o Discuss the nature of the interaction that caused you to experience cultural dissonance
o Explain how you responded to this dissonance. How did it make you feel?
o Based on your reflection on this experience, are you ethnocentric or polycentric? What do you think the implications of your level of ethnocentrism are?
