A 10-year-old girl who has recently arrived from El Salvador, states in broken English, "I don't fit in, and I don't know what I am supposed to do at school." You recognize that she is most likely experiencing
a. cultural rejection.
b. culture shock.
c. cultural immersion.
d. the effects of cultural bias from her family.
B
Culture shock is the disorientation and uncertainty that results from the expenditure of mental, emotional, and physical energy during the process of adjusting to a new cultural group. This can lead to frustration, anger, alienation, or depression. The appropriate term for what this young girl is experiencing is culture shock, not cultural rejection or cultural immersion. When she adjusts to a new cultural group, she may experience cultural bias from others, which makes the adjustment more difficult; her family is not the cause of her discomfort.
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