Anna traveled to another country to visit relatives, who offered her live sea urchin at their first meal together. watching the urchin moving across her plate made her feel anxious and queasy; she didn't want to eat it, but felt rude refusing. anna's experience is an example of:

Anna's experience is an example of "culture shock".

Culture shock is an occurrence a man may have when one moves to a cultural domain which is unique in relation to one's own; it is likewise the individual disorientation a man may feel while encountering a unfamiliar approach for life because of migration or a visit to another nation, a move between social situations or just progress to another kind of life.