Transcendent Universalism - individuals in this stage are comfortable with the greatest acknowledgment of cultural differences. To get to the next stage takes a major paradigm shift. Cultural awareness may be generated through discussion, exercises, and other methods of self discovery. Using individuals from other cultures as resources may be useful. The Ethnorelative Stages Acceptance Respect for Behavioral Difference -Individuals begin to see alien behavior as indicative of profound cultural differences.
People become aware of difference in non-verbal behavior as well as differences in verbal behavior.
In order to move beyond this stage it is important that individuals recognize a understand behavioral differences as relative. At this stage, individuals accept the different worldview assumptions that underlie cultural variation in behavior. Values and assumptions are seen as a process, creative acts, rather than as static. Practical application of this understanding is helpful to facilitate transformation into the next stage. For example, cross cultural simulations can be used to show how relations can be improved.