A reality television show called Wife Swap exchanged the mothers from two very different families and filmed the result as the participants were exposed to radically different ways of life. Although the television network was simply trying to be entertaining, the show also demonstrates the sociological principle of

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The experience of the mothers being exposed to radically different ways of life is an example of culture shock, which is a sociological principle that refers to the feeling of disorientation that people experience when they encounter unfamiliar cultural practices.

A Reality Television Show Called Wife Swap Exchanged the Mothers