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Third, all a person s ordinarily used identity states share in his culturally defined consensus reality. Although certain aspects of reality are emphasized by particular identity states, the culture as a whole implicitly allows a wide variety of identity states in its definitions of "normal" consciousness and consensus reality, within the cultural consensus reality, for example, there are wel1-understood concepts, perceptions, and allowed behaviors associated with being angry, being sad, feeling sexual desire, being afraid. 

A further critical appointment that needs to be made in any area where there is a language difference is that of interpreter. An interpreter is very different from a translator and a clear distinction must be made. A translator is a person who merely states words from one language to another the interpreter not only conveys words but also adds context and meaning to the words that can be crucial in a culturally sensitive environment. Consider the meaning of the word terrorist, for instance this is a culturally defined term dependent on the country one is located in for one person s terrorist may be another s freedom fighter. Individuals may consider humanitarian aid to one population or community as preferential treatment. A skilled interpreter can make a very powerful difference when conveying meaning, context and appropriateness of the discourse with enhanced communication as an outcome. 

Repression of our essence was instituted in the enculturation process and for many people is now very thorough. As a vital child, you could not have walked by a strange animal on the sidewalk without stopping to look and wonder. As an adult, chances are you don t even feel the urge to look. You re too important you have to get to work. The widespread repression of most of our native curiosity, so that you are only allowed to be curious about things the culture defines as important, is one of the most horrible things about enculturation. 

More importantly, African cultures define two types of causes for illnesses 21,32). Firstly, a proximate cause, which accounts for how a disease is contracted (30). Infection and contagion from pollutants are examples of proximate causes (26). Secondly, an ultimate cause, which accounts for why a disease is contracted by a particular person. A simple explanation by Green (27) clarifies, a mother may recognize that her infant has diarrhea because flies settled on and contaminating its food (proximate cause), but she will also want to establish who sent the flies to harm her child (ultimate cause) . The material types of treatment (i.e. herbal remedies) are often considered of secondary importance and only complementary. The primary concern of African traditional healing is to discover who, or what has caused the imbalance or illness (i.e. the ultimate cause). 

Organizational culture refers to the basic values, norms, beliefs, and practices that characterize the functioning of an institution. At the most basic level, organizational culture defines the assumptions that employees make as they carry out their work. It is a powerful force that can persist through reorganizations and the change of key personnel. It can be a positive or a negative force. 

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