Native American Healing Processes

question 54

Multiple Choice

Native American healing processes:

• A)encourage clients to experience the self as separate from the community.
• B)focus on the physiology, psychology, and religious practices of the individual.
• C)emphasize the detachment of the individual from the cultural network.
• D)involve immersing the individual in quiet solitude and meditation.

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Definitions:

Absolute Thresholds

The minimum stimulus intensity required to be perceptible to the senses.

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli over time, reducing our awareness of them.

Subliminal Persuasion

A method of influence that operates below the level of conscious awareness, where stimuli are used to affect an individual's thinking or behavior without them being aware of it.

Transduction

The process by which sensory stimuli are converted into signals the brain can interpret, beginning the process of perception.