What is Culture Shock?
Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own. People in culture shock exhibit certain symptoms and behaviors but with good preparation, it can be lessoned。
Culture shock is a research area in intercultural communication. Recently, some researchers claim that culture shock does have many positive effects on intercultural sojourners, like increasing self-efficiency and helping improve self-motivation .
Culture shock has many stages. The first stage is the incubation stage. In this first stage, the new arrival may feel euphoric and be pleased by all of the new things encountered. This time is called the “honeymoon” stage, as everything encountered is new and exciting.
Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own. People in culture shock exhibit certain symptoms and behaviors but with good preparation, it can be lessoned。
Culture shock is a research area in intercultural communication. Recently, some researchers claim that culture shock does have many positive effects on intercultural sojourners, like increasing self-efficiency and helping improve self-motivation .
Culture shock has many stages. The first stage is the incubation stage. In this first stage, the new arrival may feel euphoric and be pleased by all of the new things encountered. This time is called the “honeymoon” stage, as everything encountered is new and exciting.