culture shock Flashcards
What is the term used to describe the effect that immersion in a strange culture has on an unprepared visitor?
Culture shock
It has on the unprepared visitor.
What happens when familiar psychological clues are suddenly withdrawn?
They are replaced by new ones
Replaced by new ones.
What do most travelers find comforting upon their return?
Knowledge
They find knowledge comforting.
What phrase completes the sentence: ‘Will I be there ____ waiting for their return?’
Waiting for their return
Waiting for their return.
What describes the rate of change within a society?
A product of the greatly accelerated
A product of the greatly accelerated.
What does the superimposition of a new culture arise from?
It arises from
It arises from.
How is the impact described?
Far worse
Far worse.
What happens when you take an individual out of his own culture?
Set him down suddenly
Set him down suddenly.
What is the consequence of cutting someone off from any hope of retreat?
The dislocation he suffers is double severe
From any hope of retreat.
What intensifies the sense of orientation in a new culture?
Its values are incessantly changing
Its values are incessantly changing.
