Glossary / Lexicon
Culture Shock
Culture Shock refers to the discomfort experienced by people on encountering and trying to adjust to unfamiliar cultural practices.
Related Articles | |
| Universalism at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Universalism refers to the belief that there are universal truths about ourselves and about the physical . . . Read More | |
| Pacific Island Americans at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Pacific Island Americans refer to Americans whose cultural origins trace back to the Pacific Islands, . . . Read More | |
| Norm at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Norm is defined as a widely accepted , but usually unspoken standard of conduct for appropriate behavior . . . Read More | |
| Speech Codes Theory at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Gerry Philipsen constructed the Speech Codes Theory while doing social work in a Chicago community where . . . Read More | |
| Nationality at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
In psychology, nationality refers to a person's country of origin or citizenship, and how it may impact . . . Read More | |
| Midcentric at travel-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Midcentric is the majority of tourists displaying a mix of allocentric and psychcentric characteristics. . . . Read More | |
| Ethnocentrism at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Ethnocentrism can be defined as: making false assumptions about others' ways based on our own limited . . . Read More | |
| Culture-Bound Syndromes at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Culture-Bound Syndromes refer to recurrent patterns of maladaptive behaviors and/or troubling experiences . . . Read More | |
| Tradition at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Tradition refers to customs, stories, beliefs, and so on, that is handed down from generation to generation . . . Read More | |
| Taboo at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Taboo is defined as prohibition of a behavior, thing, person, and many other which is based on cultural . . . Read More | |