filpsych

• Filipino psychology


  The philosophical school and psychology rooted on the experience, ideas, and cultural orientation of the Filipinos
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino


  The psychology born out of the experience, thought and orientation of the Filipinos, based on the full use of Filipino culture and language
• Both the above definitions of Filipino psychology are true
• Filipino psychology, or Sikolohiyang Pilipino, in Filipino, is defined as the philosophical school and psychology rooted on the experience, ideas, and cultural orientation of the Filipinos
• Filipino psychology also refers to the psychology born out of the experience, thought and orientation of the Filipinos, based on the full use of Filipino culture and language
• Kapwa


  The core construct of Filipino Psychology, a recognition of shared identity, an inner self shared, with others
• Categories of Kapwa


  • Ibang Tao
  • Hindi Ibang Tao
• Kapwa is not a value commitment
• Kapwa


  A value commitment which emerges from the interpersonal context of the kinship structure, incorporating prescribed rules of reciprocal privileges and obligations between kindred members
• Kapwa


  The cognitive image of relationships, generalised in experience to include all acceptable forms of social relationships
• Kapwa


  A shared identity that a person recognises in a relationship
• Outsiders becoming insiders (hindi ibang-tao)


  The identity process facilitated by the outcome of interactions, through mutual acceptance
• Walang kapwa-tao


  Persons, kin or nonkin, who fail to live up to the cultural expectations of the social group
• Domains of Ibang Tao

  • Pakikitungo (civility)
  • Pakikisalamuha (act of mixing)
  • Pakikilahok (an of joining)
  • Pakikibagay (conformity)
  • Pakikisama (being united with the group)
• Domains of Hindi Ibang Tao

  • Pakikipagpalagayang-loob (act of mutual trust)
  • Pakikisangkot (act of joining others)
  • Pakikipagkaisa (being one with others)
• Sikolohiya ng mga Filipino

  Any theories or knowledge of Filipino nature regardless of source, Western or local
• Sikolohiyang Pilipino


  A psychology based on the Filipinos' true thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and must derive from indigenous Filipino sources, language, and methods
• Sikolohiya sa Pilipinas


  A series of events related to the field of psychology in the Philippines that resulted to the accumulation of knowledge in psychology
• Difficulty in defining "national identity" (too macro for a psychological lens)
• The rise of social categorization (construction of any particular social reality)
• Dimensions of being Filipino

  • Pinagmulan (being born in the Philippines, having Filipino parents, residing in the Philippines, being a Filipino citizen)
  • Kinalakhan (participation and immersion in a cultural milieu acknowledged as Filipino)
  • Kamalayan (awareness of self as Filipino, acceptance of membership, and pride in this membership)
• Challenges in studying psychology of the Filipino identity

  • Native
  • Dominantly native but colored by foreign influences
  • Dominantly foreign-adapted characteristics or traits
• Pagtatanong-tanong, one of indigenous research methods, is not quantitative in approach
• The five basic guiding principles relevant to the use of indigenous research methods are: 1) the level of interaction between researcher and researched determines data quality, 2) research participants should be treated as equal, 3) the welfare of participants takes precedence over data, 4) the method should be appropriate to the population and adapt to cultural norms, 5) the language of the people should be used
• Indigenous psychology


  The scientific study of human behavior or mind that is native, not transported from other regions, and designed for its people
• Etic approach


  An outsider's perspective, focusing on observable behaviors and practices from a functional or evolutionary viewpoint
• Emic approach


  An insider's perspective, emphasizing the subjective experiences, values, and meanings that people attach to their behavior
• Descriptions of "Tao"


  • Pagkatao (the entirety of being human, self-worth)
  • Pagpapakatao (becoming a real person)
  • Makatao (being humane, concerned with human welfare)
  • Kapwa tao (considering others as fellow humans and part of self)
  • Pakikipagkapwa tao (dealing with others as fellow humans and part of self)
  • Katauhan (personality, wholeness of a person)
  • Tauhan (character in a fiction, in the service of another person)
• Utang na Loob


  A dynamic, self-imposed obligation to pay a debt of gratitude
• Loob precepts


  • Mabuting loob (well spring of kindness, good will)
  • Saloobin (will, feeling)
  • Isaloob (to consider seriously, remember, value, give importance)
  • Kaloob (gift, anything given sincerely)
  • Kalooban (will, acceptance, decision, action)
  • Tibay ng loob (courageous, unwavering, strong)
  • Magang ang loob (happy, contented, in good mood)
  • Kalamayin ang loob (to feel composed in times of trouble)
• Utang na Loob as Closeness


  Helping a person creates a feeling of indebtedness and nourishes a bond of friendship and helpfulness
• Utang na Loob as Obligation

  The obligation to pay the debt is a self-imposed one
• Loob


  Inside or within
• Meanings of "loob"


  • Magandang loob/mabuting loob - well spring of kindness, good will
  • Loob/saloobin - will, feeling
  • Isaloob - to consider seriously, remember, value, give importance
  • Kaloob - gift, anything given sincerely
  • Kalooban - will, acceptance, decision, action
  • Tibay ng loob - courageous, unwavering, strong
  • Magang ang loob - happy, contented, in good mood
  • Kalamayin ang loob - to feel composed in times of trouble
• Utang na loob


  Debt of gratitude
• Dimensions of "Utang na loob"

  • Utang na loob as closeness
  • Utang na loob as an obligation
  • Utang na loob as a reciprocity
  • Utang na loob as respect
  • Utang na loob as satisfaction
• Hiya


  Shame, uncomfortable feeling that accompanies awareness of being in a socially unacceptable position or performing a socially unacceptable action
• Hiya is a controlling element of society, a person's behavior is restricted by a sense of hiya while public behavior is censured or approved of
• Two kinds of hiya

  The hiya that is suffered as shame or embarrassment (a passion)<|>The hiya that is an active and sacrificial self-control of one's individual wants for the sake of other people (a virtue)
• Bahala na


  A socio-cultural value in the Philippines that is either said as an expression of a fatalistic attitude towards life or as a determined one in a challenging situation where things are risky and uncertain