Filipino Psychology Midterms

• kamalayan - tumutukoy sa damdamin at kaalamang nararanasan
• ulirat - tumutukoy sa pakiramdam s paligid
• diwa - tumutukoy sa ugali, kilos, o asal
• kalooban - tumutukoy din sa damdamin
• kaluluwa - na siyang daan upang mapag-aralan ang budhi ng tao
• How many islands are there in the Philippines?

  7,107
• Iglesia ni Kristo - as dominant homegrown religion
• Islam - a religion that is dominant in southern Philippines
• babaylan (visayan) or catalonan (central luzon) - traditionally held the psychological knowledge of the native Filipino
• babaylan - regarded as the first Filipino psychologist, a priestess or guardian of the sacred Filipino knowledge and healer
• dalangin (prayer) and bulong (whisper) - rich sources of early Filipino psychology
• anting-anting (amulets) - all rooted in early Filipino psychology, used to ward off ill wishes or evil eye
• Early Filipino Psychology Literature

  • salawikain
  • bugtong
  • alamat
  • kuwentong bayan
  • epiko
• inherited Filipino customs - served as the fundamental bases of Filipino psychology
• Zeus Salazar - identified four lines of history and filiation of Philippine psychology
• Four Lines of History and Filiation

  • academic-scientific psychology
  • academic philosophical psychology
  • ethnic or indigenous psychology
  • psychomedical psychology
• Academic-scientific Psychology - started with the establishment of the American Educational System in the 1920s at the University of the Philippines followed by University of San Carlos in 1954
• Academic Philosophical Psychology - can be traced to the establishment of a higher education system at the University of Sto, Tomas in spanish times
• Ethnic or Indigenous Psychology (Katutubong Sikolohiya) - a psychological system worked out by Filipino from indigenous and foreign elements in response to their national and cultural experiences
• Psycho-Medical Psychology - manifested through faith healing connected with the esperitista movement and techniques of healing through herbolaryo
• Esperitista - faith healing, messianic movement
• Herbolaryo - survival in towns or villages, overt or covert
• Lapu-Lapu - he epitomized Filipino courage and tradition, he is an important topic for Filipino-oriented psychological research and study
• Tomblot - a babaylan or native psychologist-priest, kept the sacred tradition by establishing a major Visayang leadership in 1621
• Francisco Dagohoy - a Filipino revolutionary who holds the distinction of having initiated the longest revolt in Philippine history
• Apolinario de la Cruz (Hermano Pule) - of Lukban, Tayabas, attested to his religious charisma and the local validity of his psychology
• Sultan Kudarat - the ruler of Cotabato who united the natives in their fight against foreign intruders
• We could learn more about Juan Masipag by examining the psychological significance of Rizal's Sobre la Indolencia de los Fiipinos' (On the Indolence of the filipinos)
• Valuable Sources of Psychological Knowledge

  • The Collection of Myths by Mariano Ponce
  • Liwanag at Dilim by Emilio Jacinto
• Psicologia - Spanish term to which the Filipino term of psychology was derived
• Sinforoso Padilla - the author of the Philippine Mental Abilities Test, is the first one to attempt a local psychological test development
• 1954 - a psychological department was established at the University of San Carlos led by Joseph Goertz
• Joseph Goertz - he taught German theoretical perspective while using English as a medium to teach
• Divine Word University - center action of psychology, located in Leyte, it is the home of the first Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino
• Filipino Religious Psychology - the book that was published after the conference
• Tacloban, Leyte - center of psychological activity in the Western Visayas
• Daisy Soledad - she led the undergraduate program established in 1981 at the UP Tacloban
• University of Sto. Tomas - has a long history of advanced training in psychology, the school initiated the offering of PhD Level in the country, and they also provided the majority of the schools with psychology-trained instructors
• Jose A. Samson - one of the produce psychology professors, first with a PhD in psychology
• Angel de Blas - Spanish-Dominican priest and philosopher, he have a sanctioned acceptance towards indigenization and the Sikolohiyang Pilipino perspective