Culture Shock Law and Legal Definition
Culture shock is the trauma that students experience when they move into a culture different from their home culture. Culture shock also involves communication problems that involves the frustrations that come with the lack of understanding; the verbal and nonverbal communication of the new culture, its customs and its value systems. The differences that people experience include lack of food, unacceptable standards of cleanliness, different bathroom facilities and fear of personal safety also becomes part of culture shock. It is a condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a person suddenly exposed to an alien culture or milieu. Culture shock can make a person go into a state of shock, anxiety, trouble breathing, fatigue, panic, or distress.
Legal Definition list
- Culture of Poverty
- Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program [Department of Justice]
- Cultural Rights
- Cultural Park
- Cultural Learning
- Culture Shock
- Cultured Pearl
- Cum Certum Est An Et Quantum Debeatur
- Cum Confitente Sponte Mitius Est Agendum
- Cum Quod Ago Non Valet Ut Ago, Valeat Quantum Valere Potest
- Cum Testamento Annexo
Related Legal Terms
- 30-Year Contract [Agriculture]
- Abandoned Security Property [Agriculture]
- Actual Yield [Agriculture]
- Adjusted Yield [Agriculture]
- Advisory Committe of Department of Agriculture
- Agency Culture
- Agricultural Cooperative Agreement [Agriculture]
- Agriculture Acquisition Regulation [AGAR]
- Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program
- Agriculture Marketing Act
