Describe how to cope with the symptoms of culture shock.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The term was coined by an anthropologist who defined culture shock as the
distress experienced by a traveler from the loss of familiar patterns of social interaction.
Culture shock is a series of phases a person goes through--particularly expatriates on
assignment. First, the expatriate is excited and finds the new culture to be “exotic.”
Then, he begins to feel it is “wicked and silly.” Finally, he sees it as “dissimilar and
diverse.” Symptoms are assuaged through time and adjustment and accommodation to
new culture. The psychological process of adaptation to another culture is called cultural
retooling.