Why is culture shock such a significant aspect of handling fieldwork situations?
a. It is an attribute of those fieldworkers who have less experience and is a key component in teaching ethnographic field methods.
b. Culture shock most acutely affects the community studied and must be handled wisely in order to preserve the field situation for future researchers.
c. Culture shock is exceedingly common and occurs to almost every anthropologist, regardless of years of experience.
d. Fieldwork cannot be conducted when an anthropologist is suffering from culture shock.
e. It is a sign that the anthropologist should leave the community immediately.
ANS: C
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