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A researcher spends years conducting fieldwork with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea and has a difficult time reacclimating to Western society when he returns to it. He uses the experience of returning home to view his own society from an outsider’s perspective and learn something new about it. Which sociological concept best exemplifies the experience of this researcher?

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Answer: Culture shock.

Explanation: Culture shock is refered to as an encounter or experience an individual may have when one moves to a new environment which is totally different in relation to his/her own; it is likewise the individual confusion a person may feel while encountering an unfamiliar way of living due to movement between two environment which are socially and culturally different. Culture shock include the following phases; honeymoon, negotiation, adjustment, and adaptation phase.

What the researcher experienced is called culture shock

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