PPT 2 - The Many Faces of Filipinos

Question 1

tendency in the Filipino to be superficial and even somewhat fickle or irresponsible.

• We joke around on serious matters and this prevent looking deeply into the problem.

Answer 1

Lack of Self - Analysis and Self Reflection

Question 2

• Filipinos have a selfish, self-serving attitude that generates a feeling of envy and competitiveness towards others, particularly one’s peers who seem to have gained some status or prestige.
• crab mentality (referring to the tendency of crabs in a basket to pull each other down) using the leveling instruments of tsimis, intriga and unconstructive criticism to bring others down.
• also evident in the personal ambition and the drive for power and status that is completely insensitive to the common good. Personal and in-group interests reign supreme

Answer 2

Kanya - Kanya Syndrome

Question 3

Two dimension of colonial mentality

Answer 3

1. lack of patriotism or an active awareness, appreciation, and love of the Philippines;
2. an actual preference for foreign things.

Question 4

Filipino culture is characterized by an openness to the output side —- adapting and incorporating the foreign elements into our image of ourselves.

Answer 4

Colonial Mentality

Question 5

• One waits to be told what has to be done. There is strong reliance on others (e.g. leaders , government) to do things for us.
• One is generally submissive to those in authority and is likely to raise issues or to question decisions

Answer 5

Passivity and Lack of initiative

Question 6

a causal and relaxed attitude towards time and space which manifests itself in lack of precision and compulsiveness, in poor time management and in procrastination.

Answer 6

Lack of Discipline

Question 7

• Excessive concern for the family creates an in-group to which the Filipino is fiercely loyal to the detriment of concern for the larger community or for the common good.
• Excessive concern for family manifests itself in the use of one’s office and power as a means of promoting the interest of the family, in factionalism, patronage, and political dynasties and in the protection of erring family members. It results in lack of concern for the common good and it acts as a block to national consciousness.

Answer 7

Extreme Family Centeredness

Question 8

• Filipino view the world in terms of personal relationships, and the extent to which one is able to personally relate to things and the people determines the recognition of their existence and the value given to them.
• There is no separation between the objective task and the emotional involvement. Those personalism is manifested in the tendency to give personal interpretation to actions, i.e., “take things personally.”

Answer 8

Extreme Personalism

Question 9

manifested in our capacity for endurance despite difficult times in our ability to get by on so very little

Answer 9

Ability to Survive

Question 10

• Filipinos have a deep faith in God.
• Filipinos live very intimately with religion

Answer 10

Faith and Religiosity

Question 11

The faith of the Filipinos are related to _____ which, instead of being viewed as defeatist resignation, may be considered positively as a reservoir of psychic energy, an important psychological prop on which we can lean during hard times. This “pampalakas loob” allow us to act despite uncertainty

Answer 11

“bahala na”

Question 12

• Filipinos have the capacity for hard work given proper conditions. The desire to raise one’s standard of living and to posses the essentials of a decent life for one’s family, combined with the right opportunities and incentives, makes the Filipino work very hard
  -manifested most noticeably in willingness to take risks.

Answer 12

Hard Work and Industry

Question 13

• Filipinos have a great capacity to adjust and to adapt to circumstances and the surrounding environment, both physical and social
• his quality of the Filipino is manifested in the ability to adapt to life in any part of the world, in the ability to make new things out of old scraps, in the capacity to keep old machines running and of course in the creative talent manifested in the cultural sphere. It is likewise seen in the ability to accept change.

Answer 13

Flexibility, Adaptability, and Creativity

Question 14

• Filipinos have a cheerful and fun-loving approach to life and its ups and downs.
• The sense of joy and humor is manifested in the Filipino’s love for socials and celebrations, in our capacity to laugh even in the most trying of times, and in the appeal political satire

Answer 14

Joy and Humor

Question 15

• Filipinos posses a genuine and deep love for the family which includes not simply spouse and children, parents and siblings, but also grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, godparents, and other ceremonial relatives

Answer 15

Family Orientation

Question 16

• Filipinos are open to others and feel one with others. We regard others with dignity and respect and deal with them as fellow human beings
• is manifested in a basic sense of justice and fairness and in concern for others.
• results in camaraderie and a feeling of closeness to one another. It is the foundation for unity as well as of the sense of social justice.

Answer 16

Pakikipagkapwa-tao

Question 17

• A definition of the Filipino on the basis of birth, geographic origin or blood is inadequate from the psychological point of view
• The Filipino’s identity is not static, it is as dynamic as his background. A Filipino may -be described as anyone who feels and thinks Filipino and may be anyone who says he is a Filipino.

Answer 17

The Filipino Personality

Question 18

A famous Filipino psychologist, says that the question “Who is the Filipino?” cannot be adequately answered.

Answer 18

Virgilio Enriquez