UTS SEMI FINALS

• Choosing Political Candidates


  • Personal Background
  • Education
  • Relevant Experiences
  • Political History
  • Platforms/Plans for the country
• 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, denotes the membership of a citizen in political society
• As citizens, we must enjoy full civil and political rights, including protection inside and outside the territory of the state
• 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 is the salient basis for political self
• Citizens are oriented towards the state and its expressions in law and policy
• Political Self / Identity is developed through socialization, through the ways people learn the knowledge, norms, values, motives, and roles to their positions in a group or community
• Institutions that influence political self


  • Family
  • Church
  • School
  • Media
  • Government
  • Non-government organizations
• Family


  Makes the most contribution to the child's development of political self
• Parents


  • Educate basic values and beliefs
  • Morality underlies political values and beliefs
  • Directly and indirectly influence a person's political attitudes, views, and beliefs
• School


  • Responsible for formal education, values, discipline, moral, spiritual, and political values
  • To train upright citizens
• Church


  Shapes the ideals of citizenship and democracy through religious teachings, values, and traditions
• Peer Groups


  Interaction encompasses and emphasizes the equal distribution of power, rights, and privileges among members of group
• 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


  Person can acquire learning through observation and imitation
• Cognitive Theory


  Suggests that the mental activities (knowledge, perceptions, ideas) are important determinants of behavior
• Theory of symbolic interaction


  Suggests that behaviors are products of communication, meaning, and symbols
• Digital Self


  The aspect of the self that is expressed or shared with others through online interactions on the internet, specifically in social networking sites
• Self-Presentation


  An individual's attempts, both conscious and unconscious, to control how he or she projects himself or herself in social interactions
• Some forms of self-representation may be authentic, but some may be tactical or selective
• The widespread use of online interactions has increased opportunities to engage in self-presentation and impression management
• Some people alter their appearances through what they post on social media using photo editing tools
• Impacts of technology on the digital self

  • Self-Development
  • Self-Presentation/Expression
  • Awareness
  • Socialization/Interaction
  • Others
• Data Privacy Act


  To protect people from invasion of Privacy, Republic Act of 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012
• Spirituality


  • The search for the sacred
  • A process through which people seek to discover, hold on to, and, when necessary, transform whatever they hold sacred in their lives
• Religion


  An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural along with associated ceremonial practices
• One's spirituality can be expressed through religion and participation in religious rituals and ceremonies
• Religious activities provide people with comfort, security, and stability in times of suffering, loss, insecurities, and uncertainties
• Spirituality and religion fulfill numerous social and psychological needs, such as the need to explain human sufferings and death
• Spiritual Self


  • The inner essence, the part of the self that connects to the sacred, the supernatural, and the universe
  • Enables the person to experience a feeling of oneness with a higher being and the universe
  • Develops through interaction, observation, and imitation
• Worship


  • Essential act to realize the ultimate meaning of transcendence and human life
  • May include prayer, reading Bible, attending sacraments, and doing sacrifices
• Morality can stand independent of religion. Religion needs morality to promote a better society just as morality may need religion to promote its principles. Religion and morality are therefore complimentary and not exclusive
• Animism


  • A belief that things and places are alive and grounded by a supernatural order
  • Common practice of indigenous people in the country
  • Beliefs in the spirits of the sun, sky, and moon are their Gods
  • Spirits inhabit animals and nature such as trees, rocks, mountains, and other inanimate objects must be worshipped