What is a culture shock?

This video defines briefly culture and culture shock. It contains the definition of culture and culture shock, the four phases of Oberg, the u curve from Lysgaard, the w curve from Gullahorn & Gullahorn and a brief explanation of the stress adaption growth dynamic by Kim. Information source: #kulturschock Def. Kulturschock Kulturglossar Matsumoto e Juang, “Cultura e Psicologia” (4ª Edição), p.7, Wadsworth (Cengage Learning) Gullahorn, J. T., & Gullahorn, J. E. (1963). An extension of the U-curve hypothesis. Journal of Social Issues, 19, 33–47. Kim, Y. Y. (2017). Stress–Adaptation–Growth Dynamic. The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication, 1-6. Lysgaard, S. (1955). Adjustment in a foreign society: Norwegian Fulbright grantees visiting the United States. International Social Science Bulletin, 7, 45–51. Oberg, K. (1954). Culture shock. Paper presented to the Women’s Club of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. August, 3. Oberg, K. (1960). Cultural shock: Adjustment to new cultural environments. Practical anthropology, (4), 177-182.
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