POLITICAL SELF

• Political soap explores how our social and economic context problems affect our mental health and well-being
• Psychodynamic research can contribute and enrich our understanding of the wider discussions on political soap
• Juvy, Joby, and Jaime are partners
• Politics


  A process of making decisions that applies to all members of a group, the ability to govern and control over a group of people in a community, state or nation
• Normative influence


  A type of social influence that is based on conforming to the positive expectation of others
• Informational influence


  A type of influence based on accepting the information obtained from others as evidence of reality
• Effective leaders


  • Consistently stick to their goals, have confident charisma that inspires their followers, ability to communicate in simple language, have optimism and faith in their group
• Leadership styles


  • Autocratic leadership
  • Democratic leadership
  • Laissez-faire leadership
• Transactional leaders


  Leaders who focus on the exchange of resources, such as rewards for performance
• Transformational leaders


  Leaders who inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization
• Laissez-faire leaders


  Leaders who provide little or no direction and give followers complete freedom to make decisions
• Open Space Technology (OST)

  • Approach to leadership with no formal agenda, but eventually meets specific or important purposes or tasks
  • Principles: 1) Whoever comes are the right people, 2) Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened, 3) Whenever it starts is the right time, 4) When it's over, it's over
• Filipino identity


  • Family orientation, Pakikipagkapwa-tao (shared sense of identity and consciousness of the other), ability to find joy and meaning in everything, flexibility, adaptability, creativity, resilience
• Unique Filipino traits


  • Bayanihan (family orientation)
  • Pakikipagkapwa-tao (shared sense of identity and consciousness of the other)
  • Ability to find joy and meaning in everything
  • Flexibility, adaptability, and creativity
  • Resilience
  • Utang na loob (debt of gratitude)
  • Time management issues
  • Shyness
• Pag and Opo


  In the Philippines, a sign of respect
• Politics


  A social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by people and groups
• Politics is an important part of human development because it promotes ideologies about democracy, citizenship, human rights, freedom, family, health, and other related social issues
• Citizenship


  The most basic identification with the nation, denoting the membership of a citizen in political society
• As a citizen, we must enjoy full civil and political rights, including protection inside and outside the territory of the state
• Civil rights


  Basic liberties and freedoms that individuals possess inherently as human beings, related to personal autonomy, equality before the law, and protection from discrimination
• Political rights


  Rights that empower individuals to participate in the political process and governance of their society, enabling citizens to exercise influence over government decisions and participate in democratic processes
• Both civil and political rights are critical for upholding democracy, promoting social justice, and ensuring the dignity and autonomy of all citizens
• Political self


  • Organizes one's beliefs, attitudes, affiliations and aids in the processing of politically relevant information
  • People use their political values and belief systems to define themselves as unique individuals of society
• Citizenship


  The salient basis for political self
• Citizenship is the most basic identification with the nation
• As citizens, we are oriented towards the state and its expressions in law and policy
• Political self/identity


  • Developed through socialization, the ways people learn the knowledge, norms, values, motives, and roles to their positions in a group or community
  • Social interaction may significantly influence a person's understanding of politics, and perhaps a person's political action in the future
• Institutions that influence political self


  • Family
  • Church
  • School
  • Media
  • Government
  • Non-government organizations
• Aristotle's view on the state

  A natural union of families, established for the common good under a definite government
• The family makes the most contribution to the child's development of political self
• Morality underlies political values and beliefs
• The family directly and indirectly influences a person's political attitudes, views, and beliefs
• The Philippine Constitution recognizes the vital role of the school in inculcating among the youth the value of patriotism and nationalism and in encouraging their involvement in public and civil affairs of the country
• The school is responsible for formal education, values, discipline, moral, spiritual, and political values, to train upright citizens
• The church also shapes the ideals of citizenship and democracy through religious teachings, values, and traditions
• Peer group interaction encompasses and emphasizes the equal distribution of power, rights, and privileges among members
• The mass media could be a key source of information on politics, and thus may influence an individual's political values and beliefs
• Social learning theory


  A person can acquire learning through observation and imitation
• Cognitive theory


  Mental activities (knowledge, perceptions, ideas) are important determinants of behavior
• Theory of symbolic interaction

  Behaviors are products of communication, meaning, and symbols