Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity
A framework (also known as the 'Bennett scale') to describe how people experience and engage with cultural difference and become more competent intercultural communicators over time. Based on constructivist theory, the model offers six positions as a person's perception of cultural difference becomes more complex, moving from ethnocentrism to ethnorelativism.
The six stages are 'denial', 'defence', 'minimisation', 'acceptance', 'adaptation' and 'integration'.
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