What term describes the difference between a person's native culture and a new culture, and the degree of difficulty in adjusting to the new culture?

What term describes the difference between a person's native culture and a new culture, and the degree of difficulty in adjusting to the new culture?

• A. Cultural intelligence
• B. Cultural novelty
• C. Culture
• D. Culture shock

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is how unfamiliar a new culture feels relative to one’s native culture and how challenging it is to adapt. Cultural novelty captures that sense of newness and the gap between what you’re used to and what you encounter, along with the level of adjustment required. It emphasizes both the difference itself and the difficulty of integrating into the new culture. Cultural intelligence is about how well someone can function across cultures, not the amount of difference or the struggle to adapt. Culture refers to the shared beliefs and practices of a group, not the experience of adjusting to a new environment. Culture shock describes the emotional and physical strain of adjusting to a new culture, but it centers on the reaction to the change rather than the extent of the cultural difference itself.

The concept being tested is how unfamiliar a new culture feels relative to one’s native culture and how challenging it is to adapt. Cultural novelty captures that sense of newness and the gap between what you’re used to and what you encounter, along with the level of adjustment required. It emphasizes both the difference itself and the difficulty of integrating into the new culture.

Cultural intelligence is about how well someone can function across cultures, not the amount of difference or the struggle to adapt. Culture refers to the shared beliefs and practices of a group, not the experience of adjusting to a new environment. Culture shock describes the emotional and physical strain of adjusting to a new culture, but it centers on the reaction to the change rather than the extent of the cultural difference itself.