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    Cards (139)

    • There is a clash of civilization that is plaguing the country right now and though this is not officially and consciously acknowledged, this war for dominance is victimizing all Filipinos in one form or another
    • There is really no middle ground, and it is either one is rooting for the other side or opposing all contentions and wisdom from another side
    • This is the battle for the dominance, and prisoners are not taken and captured
    • This is literally, the war between the eastern self versus the western self
    • Western culture
      Focus on oneself and personal needs
    • Eastern culture
      Focus on others and the feeling of others
    • Egoism
      Putting oneself first
    • Collectivism
      Focus on the group
    • Western culture
      Inclined towards acquisition of material things
    • Eastern culture

      Tilted towards less assets (less is more)
    • Western culture
      Obsessed with being successful
    • Eastern culture

      More inclined towards long life, equating long life with wealth
    • In Eastern culture

      Wealth and poverty is the result of fortune and luck
    • In Western culture

      Wealth and poverty is the result of enterprise and hard work
    • Eastern culture

      Values the wisdom of years and seniority
    • Western culture

      Celebrates the youth and being young
    • Eastern culture
      Subscribes to the concept of reincarnation
    • Western culture
      Subscribes to the idea of evolution
    • These basic and subtle differences between the Eastern culture and the Western culture are taking its toll on Filipinos on which culture to adopt
    • The dilemma is whether to follow and subscribe to the Western influences or subscribe to Eastern ideas
    • Western view of self
      Self is a social construction which is symbolically and signally created between and among social beings
    • Western view of self
      Self is a phenomenological object which can be productively studied through a series of evanescent actions, self is a multidimensional entity
    • Western view of self
      Self is an interpersonal unit
    • Eastern view of self (Confucianism)
      A gentleman by following the moral way consisting of the virtues of love, righteousness, wisdom, propriety and loyalty in order to promote harmony in society
    • Eastern view of self (Theravada Buddhism)

      Detachment and desirelessness to reach nirvana
    • Eastern view of self (Mahayana Buddhism)
      Compassion to other humans for belief that we are part of the same ever-changing universe
    • Eastern view of self (Hinduism)

      Attainment of liberation in the identification of Atman (the spiritual essence of all individual human beings) and Brahman (the spiritual essence of the universe) through the Four Yogas
    • Eastern view of self (Taoism)

      Attainment of liberation in the identification of Atman (the spiritual essence of all individual human beings) and Brahman (the spiritual essence of the universe) through the Four Yogas
    • Eastern view of self (Filipino Psychology)
      Concept of Kapwa, recognition of shared identity, an inner self shared with others; Two levels or modes of social interaction - ibang-tao or "outsider" and hindi ibang-tao or "one-of-us"
    • Individualism
      People are autonomous and independent from their in-groups, give priority to their personal goals, behave on the basis of attitudes rather than norms
    • Collectivism
      Interdependent within their in-groups, give priority to the goals of their in-groups, in-groups primarily shape their behavior, behave in a communal way, concerned in maintaining relationship with others
    • Physical self refers to the body which we interface with our environment and fellow being
    • Physical self is a tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined
    • People nowadays are too conscious on how they look, how they see themselves in the mirror, how people will look at them and what will people say about them
    • Our concept of our self and the perception of people around us will always have big effect on how we deal in a situation, cultural or not
    • William James
      Body as initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality, an element of spiritual hygiene of supreme significance
    • Sigmund Freud
      Construction of self and personality makes the physical body the core of human experience
    • Wilhelm Reich
      Mind and body are one; all psychological processes are a part of physical processes, and vice versa
    • Erik Erikson
      Role of bodily organs is especially important in early developmental stages of a person's life, later in life the development of physical as well as intellectual skills help determine whether the individual will achieve a sense of competence and ability to choose demanding roles in a complex society
    • Carl Jung
      The physical body and the external world can be known only as psychological experiences