, Culture Shock
• Culture shock is the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing
an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a move
between social environments, or simply travel to another type of life.
• Culture shock can be characterised by periods of frustration, adjustment, and
even depression.
• Nearly everyone, regardless of maturity, disposition, previous experience abroad,
or knowledge of the country in which they will be living, experiences some
degree of culture shock when initially moving to a new country.
• One of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign
environment.
• The most common problems include: information overload, language barrier,
generation gap, technology gap, skill interdependence, formulation dependency,
homesickness (cultural), infinite regress (homesickness), boredom (job
dependency), response ability (cultural skill set).
• There is no true way to entirely prevent culture shock, as individuals in any
society are personally affected by cultural contrasts differently.
• Culture shock can be described as consisting of at least one of four distinct
phases: Honeymoon, Negotiation, Adjustment, and Mastery.
, Culture Shock Phases
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