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CULTURE SHOCK

Culture shock

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Culture shock

Question 1 – culture shock refers to the condition, or circumstance where an individual experiences the feeling of anxiety and frustration due to the sudden change in cultural environment (Oberg, 1960). The various aspects and circumstances in the new cultural environment causes the respective feeling of cultural shock, which might be realized in form of discomfort.

Question 2– the four stages of culture shock include the honeymoon process, where they get to foreign places and stay in hotels as they try to gain knowledge about the new culture, followed by frustration, where they feel as outcasts and irrelevant to the respective environment, and comes the adjustment, where individuals try to adjust to the conditions and circumstances in the particular place, and then the adaptation stage where they adapt to the particular culture and environment.

Question 3 – migration and immigration processes and activities were done in the recent past, where people had the mandate to adapt and adjust to foreign cultures and environments that they visit. Such is an illustration reveals the time that Oberg’s essay was written (Oberg, 1960). From the actions of travelling and migration still evident to date, there is idea for the essence and the validity of Oberg’s essay.

Content/ form response grid

Content/form (what)	Response
Honeymoon	The writer talks about the first stage of cultural shack. Migration to new places is witnessed
Frustration	This is witnessed after the reception becomes opposite of the expectation
Adjustment	One tries to adjust and fit to the respective environment and culture
Adaptation	One slowly becomes used to the new culture and starts to become one of them.

Oberg’s art about culture shock adjustment to new cultural environments was first written in 1960, and has been cited 4401 times, and maybe cited more according to the google scholar database. The theory of culture shock deems to have received improvising to make it compatible and eligible to the changing world and technologies (Oberg, 1960). Evidence of the particular circumstances is the realized from the display of the article in digital databases, together with the high number of citations from the book. This implies that there is no alteration that has been implemented on the respective article.

The evidence of the number of citations is found in the link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?hl=en&volume=7&publication_year=1960&pages=177-182&author=+Oberg%2C+K.&title=Culture+shock+adjustment+to+new+cultural+environments

Reference

Oberg, K. (1960). Cultural shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments. Practical anthropology, (4), 177-182.

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Question 1 Comment by PlagScan: Possible source: Your PlagScan document "Unnamed" dated 2022-03-02

As outlined in the discussion overview, culture shock refers to a specific condition or circumstances where experiences the ultimate feeling of anxiety and frustration caused by the change in culture and closely associated environment. This Factor is associated with several characteristics that include the feeling of uncertainty, confusion, and anxiety. This may lead to an adjustment environment, and letters adjust to the unfamiliar environment.

Question 2 Comment by PlagScan: Possible source: Your PlagScan document "Unnamed" dated 2022-03-02

The shock culture process has four main stages that come along with it. The first one is the honeymoon, and it is typically used to Usher in various personnel have changed their culture. Stay in hotels and other lodges at the appropriate time to learn about the new culture. The second scope includes frustrations caused by being new in the environment. The adjustment process follows if we are an individual must adjust to the given sets of conditions and circumstances and the particular area of the dwelling. The last characteristic adaptation is where an individual adjusts to the new environment despite the characteristics.

Question 3 Comment by PlagScan: Possible source: Your PlagScan document "Unnamed" dated 2022-03-02

The art of culture shock was written in the 1960s and had been outlined more than 4400 times, and it is available in various databases that document data. In this regard, migration and immigration actions include various activities done in the recent past where people are forced to adapt to the new environment because of the prevailing circumstances.

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Procedural dynamic and changes

Procedural evolvement and change of status

Honeymoon This is where an individual move from one place and settles in another regionHoneymoon .

Frustration It comes along after reception comes alongside the nature of one's expectation.

Adjustment This is a set of activities that one carried out to ensure that he fits in the outlined new environmentAdjustment . Comment by PlagScan: Possible source: Your PlagScan document "Unnamed" dated 2022-03-02

Adaptation Adapting to the new culture and taking all the corresponding action ensures that one makes the right judgment and adapt to the new environmentAdaptation . Comment by PlagScan: Possible source: Your PlagScan document "Unnamed" dated 2022-03-02

 

Reference

Oberg, K. (1960). Cultural shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments. Practical anthropology, (4), 177-182.

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