CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Culture shock (disambiguation) . Traveler from Australia visiting a small farm in Sierra Leone . Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration or a visit to a new country, a move between social environments, or simply transition to another type of life. [1] One of the most common causes of culture shock involves individuals in a foreign environment. Culture shock can be described as consisting of at least one of four distinct phases: honeymoon , negotiation, adjustment, and adaptation. Common problems include: information overload , language barrier , generation gap ,...