Sikolohiyang Pilipino

• Sikolohiyang Pilipino


  A perspective in psychology that arose from the experience (karanasan), thought (kaisipan), and orientation of the Filipinos (oryentasyong Pilipino) based on the full use of Filipino culture and language
• Filipino values such as pakikisama, utang na loob, and hiya were seen as negative values by foreign sociologists like Frank Lynch
• Kapwa


  Recognition of shared identity, an inner self shared with others
• Kapwa


  • It is the core value of Filipinos on which other values are anchored
  • It plays out interpersonally in our interactions with other people
  • It plays out sociopersonally in how we relate to the larger society
• Surface values


  • Hiya (propriety)
  • Utang na loob (gratitude or solidarity)
  • Pakikisama (companionship or esteem)
  • Bahala na (determination)
  • Sama or lakas ng loob (resentment or guts)
  • Pakikibaka (resistance)
• Pakiramdam


  Shared inner perception, the ability to sense and feel the inner experience of one's kapwa
• Kagandahang-loob


  A value that predisposes a person to be attuned to the needs and purposes of the larger collective
• Values associated with kagandahang-loob


  • Karangalan (dignity)
  • Katarungan (justice)
  • Kalayaan (freedom)
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino is grounded on the historical and sociocultural experiences of Filipinos as well as their languages in determining the Filipino psyche
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino wants to emphasize that the Filipino as a person or our pagkatao is intertwined with others
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino arose from the need to counter the inadequacy and unfairness of the approaches of Western psychology in understanding the Filipino identity
• Kapwa


  Shared self with others
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino


  • Psychology that arose from the experience (karanasan), thought (kaisipan), and orientation of the Filipinos (oryentasyong Pilipino) based on Filipino culture and language
  • Developed by Virgilio Enriquez, a Filipino social psychologist, based on psychological knowledge from local culture that reflects the true Filipino personhood
• Pakiramdam


  Ability to sense and feel the thoughts and feelings of one's kapwa
• Pakiramdam operates behind all Filipino values
• Pakiramdam triggers the spontaneous voluntary actions that come with the sharing of the Self
• Pakikiramdam


  Participatory process where emotions tend to be experienced mutually
• Filipinos are good at sensing cues (magaling makiramdam)
• Heightened sensitivity is a good survival tool in a society where not all social interactions are carried out with words
• Pakiramdam provides the tacit leads on how to act appropriately in ambiguous situations
• Pakiramdam may be regarded as the cognitive style of Filipinos - a unique social skill that is intrinsic to the Filipino personhood
• At the core of Filipino personhood is the idea of kapwa, or a sense of shared self with others
• The sense of kapwa among Filipinos rests on their pakiramdam or ability to feel their way
• Indigenous Filipino values


  • Kagandahang-loob (valuing the needs and purposes of the larger collective)
  • Karangalan (dignity)
  • Katarungan (justice)
  • Kalayaan (freedom)
• These indigenous Filipino values have been misinterpreted as explanations for why Filipinos submitted themselves to colonizers
• These indigenous Filipino values prove that Filipinos have the ability to assert their rights
• Virgilio Enriquez founded the sikolohiyang Pilipino movement
• Part of the Filipino personhood is the ability to show a sense of propriety
• Part of the Filipino personhood is the ability to have the guts or strength to assert themselves