How Culture Shock Influences Social Adjustment

The Impact of Culture Shock on Adaptation

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Culture shock is a condition that confuses when exposed to an alien culture. Culture shock comes in the first steps of exposure. In the past decade, students have gotten chances to pursue education beyond the American borders. This is what caused my early exposure to culture shock. Recently, I had the chance to visit Dubai, a country whose culture is not only rich it is also quite elaborate. Despite continued exposure to American soldiers and humanitarians, the Muslim culture in this society has persisted. One of the main foundations of my culture shock was gender relations and regulations. IN America, people of different genders can not only walk together, they can converse and pass information willingly. However, in the United Arab Emirates, such behavior would cause imminent disaster causing severe…