"Culture shock" is described a process of impacts of moving from a familiar culture to one which is unfamiliar , no matter in physical or mental changes . Continuously , the " cultural onion " is a much deeper image to layer person’s reality and life , organizing from physical , mental and spiritual parts of person . From outside to core of this cultural onion , which can be divided into actualizing , the evaluating , and the foundational levels
Followed by previous order , the first" actualizing level " responded to mental mappings and perceived realities makes appropriate choices of them , and then acts in the external dimensions of every day life .In this level , ARTIFACT and BEHAVIOR are defined to the objects that connected with people and action respectively .
Followed by the evaluating level with the layers of FELLING, VALUES , and BELIEFS which provides an automatic system examining and drawing conclusion for the experience of life . In other words , which is a scale of emotion to judge .
Finally level comes to the foundational level included WORLDVIEW and ULTIMATE ALLEGIANCE , which is the mental map , a organizing (managing) center of the basic of thinking . To more specific , it is the heart , the starting point for everything .
Take a previous example of the culture shock I have written for example . In this article , I have expressed the difference of working efficiency and the concept of green environment between my country and London . However , as soon as I learned the" cultural onion " continuously , I started to think in a deep way . These impression I reflected are just on surface That is to say , my direct responses of the different behaviors and actions are the first step!
If thinking deeply , actually these impressions are relevant and can be explained by the cultural onion . All of the thinking source from the center , ULTIMATE ALLEGIANCE . In that case ,. compared with my country , people who live here know how to manage their life time on working and leisure, enjoy the real high quality of life . By way of conclusion ,no matter the different efficiency or green concepts in London , they must can be presume as a organization of life
Above all , start from outside to core of this cultural onion , reflect by the actualizing , evaluating to foundational level , responds in the external world, internal world , to deep-mind , this is a back – and– forth process and will happened unconsciously in our everyday life .
