I have a friend who moved to Florida from up north. And she told me when she first moved here in Florida, she was experiencing cultural shock. What does that mean?
2007-02-16 14:12:49 · 7 answers · asked by College Kid 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Culture shock..actually happens when a person is removed
from a place where they are used to being. The culture is the
norm where they came from. When someone moves to
a different place, where the culture is totally different from what
they experienced...they are unable to process this new info..
everything is foriegn. Possibly the language is different, the
clothing,..etc. It is a lack of understanding , the unknown. And
it can cause fear, of the unknown. It may last for a long time..
but eventually once the person has settled down long enough
in their new environment...the "culture shock" has lessened.
It is very individual, how a person percieves change.
2007-02-16 14:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by CraZyCaT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, add the obvious temperature difference, to the difference in the way people speak (y'all vs. you all), and add the different stores, restaurants, and types of housing- and viola- culture shock.
It can be hard on the system to readjust to something as huge as being in a place that is so different from where you always lived. What's even harder is if you go to a place where people speak a different language or have a different script of writing. Definitely a culture shock. For instance- Japan has toilets that are nothing but porcelain holes in the ground. That's a hard thing to get used to when you're American and can actually sit on a toilet to use it. *L*
Hope that helped!
2007-02-16 14:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by beccalynn14bb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
k..i spent ages 3-10 (childhood) in a white very small town ..i`m white..then we moved to a black community where we were the only white folks right in the center of an all black community...hellooo...THAT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK.!!! altho` i made friends fast and for life...i learned more about black hair and styles..etc...then i did the white..i also picked up alot of lingo that i carry with me today..i`m 46...sadly some folks just think i`m actin` black...but i really am only who i am based on my environment..remember that 10 is very young and i never left home `til i was 18.anything completely different than what you r taught is `CULTURE SHOCK`. at least in the beginning
2007-02-16 14:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by heather h 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means you are shocked because you are seeing a different culture than you are use to. For example, I was surprised when i went to Vegas because prostitutes are advertised everywhere; all along the strip, in the yellow pages, even on the sides of buses.
2007-02-16 14:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by david rebel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is learning that people behave, think, and speak differently in other parts of the US. Additionally, the demographics of every state differ. Going from a homogenous state to a heterogenous one is an adjustment for some.
2007-02-16 14:30:43 · answer #5 · answered by deirdrezz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is when you have grown up in one place and go to another and are having a hard time adjusting to the social norms of the place that you moved to.
2007-02-16 14:21:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just means that the area she moved to is alot different from where she's from. maybe there's more people, less trees, bigger buildings, etc.
2007-02-16 14:21:07 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋