Culture Shock

Culture shock, culture shock is the transition period and a unique feeling, the anxiety that arises in a person when he enters a new culture,

Stages stages in culture shock, according to Dodd are:

1. Great expectations

Planning a person to enter a new culture is made with cooked plan despite fears in him in entering a new culture, but he felt optimistic in the face of the future.

2. Everything is beautiful

All new fun, although maybe some people experience feelings can not sleep or restless. But curiosity and enthusiasm to quickly resolve the issue.

3. everything is awful

Stages of the two has passed, now is when something unpleasant, anxiety, impatience, depression began to be felt in this phase.

4. everything is ok

From stage 1 to 3 have passed now in this stage can already assess someone with balanced positive and negative and getting used to the local culture.

(source: dwikartikawati.blogspot.com)