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Is There A Filipino Psychology

The document discusses the challenges of defining a universal "Filipino psychology" and outlines a threefold division of individual and social traits among Filipinos: native traits rooted in indigenous tradition, dominantly native traits influenced by foreign entities, and dominantly foreign-adapted traits. It also provides examples of traits commonly found in the Tagalog region and cautions against attributing traits found in some groups to all Filipinos.

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Is There A Filipino Psychology

The document discusses the challenges of defining a universal "Filipino psychology" and outlines a threefold division of individual and social traits among Filipinos: native traits rooted in indigenous tradition, dominantly native traits influenced by foreign entities, and dominantly foreign-adapted traits. It also provides examples of traits commonly found in the Tagalog region and cautions against attributing traits found in some groups to all Filipinos.

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❑ Tale

▪ middle of February 1965


▪ Hon. Norberto Romualdez and Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
▪ series of lectures on the “Psychology of the
Filipinos” at Ateneo de Manila University
▪ began by relating a tale of a missionary who
was given the task of writing his observations
IS THERE A FILIPINO and opinions about the Filipinos
PSYCHOLOGY? ➢ peculiar psychology, idiosyncrasies and
customs
➢ submitted a thick manuscript
Jose A. Samson ➢ front piece: remarks from the missionary-
”Here is all that U have found about the
Filipinos”
➢ next 300 pages were blank
▪ conclusion: to have a Filipino Psychology with
accuracy and veracity, we need a Filipino to
write it.
❑ materials on hand: product of collaboration of
Filipinos and foreigners

❑ Reasons:
1. kakulangan ng mga pag-aaral na isinasagawa

2. exposing defects without raising national


indignation
IS THERE A FILIPINO
3. the term “Psychology of Filipinos” implies the
PSYCHOLOGY? applicability of behavioral traits and
characteristics to all the natives
➢ “Psychologies of Filipinos”
Jose A. Samson
4. mayroong mga pinagkaiba sa paniniwala/pag-
uugali at pagkilos ang iba't ibang natives
Kakulangan ng isang
TEXTBOOK para sa
Sikolohiyang Pilipino
❑ researchers must caution themselves against
“attributing to the whole what is actually only true
to a part”

❑ find traits and behavioral characteristics truly


representative of a group of people

❑ if researchers are not careful, it may lead them to


IS THERE A FILIPINO these imprudence:
a. may easily make mistake of assigning a trait
PSYCHOLOGY? generally found among Filipinos
➢ lahat ng mga Pilipino ay ganito... pwera ang mga...”
▪ kung positibo, ayos lang
Jose A. Samson ▪ kung negatibo, baka ikasama ng loob
b. give up the whole study in exasperation and for
reasons of inconsistency
How do we eliminate the ▪ No commonalities among Filipinos
▪ tinamad na lang dahil walang makitang
problem of outlining patterns/commonalities
c. writer may feel irritated, eliminating some of the
universal characteristics exceptional groups
▪ Issue of ethics
among Filipinos?
❑ Native
▪ traits rooted in indigenous tradition, practice
and mode of thinking
▪ eg: paniniwala sa mga kababalaghan; animism

❑ Dominantly Native but colored by foreign


influences
▪ traits influenced by foreign entities
IS THERE A FILIPINO ▪ eg: contemporary artists (bands: opm); filipino
artists and musicians as a manifestation of the
PSYCHOLOGY? fusion between the east and the west

❑ Dominantly Foreign-adapted characteristics or


Jose A. Samson traits
▪ the elite; acculturated people
▪ lantarang pagsunod sa kanluraning paraan ng
Threefold Division of pag-iisip

Individual and Social Traits


(Jose A. Samson)
1. Tendency to excuse oneself for
the humbleness or poverty of
one's abode regions
▪ blend of hospitality, desire to please and feeling
of self-depreciation

IS THERE A FILIPINO 2. Tendency to “feel out of place”


PSYCHOLOGY? ▪ manifestation of inferiority complex

Jose A. Samson
3. Inclination to admit a fault
when no one offers criticism,
but to feel slighted when
Common Incidence of Traits another points out the fault
▪ offshoot of “La defensa del amor propio”
in the Tagalog Region ➢ defensive mechanism of Spaniard
➢ “I can call my wife a useless animal anytime I so
desire, but if anyone else calls her a useless
animal, I’ll shoot him”
4. Propensity to give grandiose
parties at the sacrifice of the family
financial security
▪ EX: fiesta; pangungutang sa tindahan para may
maihanda sa bisita

IS THERE A FILIPINO 5. Offering of best delicacies to


PSYCHOLOGY? visitors and, at the same time, of
denying the same delicacies to the
Jose A. Samson children of the home
▪ requires deeper analysis

Common Incidence of Traits 6. Filipino Time


in the Tagalog Region
7. Ningas-kugon
1. Filipinos are traditionally
monogamous
▪ southern cultures accept polygamy as natural
▪ eg.: muslim communities

IS THERE A FILIPINO
PSYCHOLOGY?

Jose A. Samson

A Comment on Supposed
Filipino Traits
2. Filipino's are easy to befriend
▪ Ilongots of Sierra Madre
▪ Negritoes of Mariveles

IS THERE A FILIPINO
PSYCHOLOGY?

Jose A. Samson

A Comment on Supposed
Filipino Traits
3. Filipinos are indolent
▪ “Juan tamad”
▪ eg.: Ifugao/Igorot women carrying loads of
goods over mountains to sell at the barrios

IS THERE A FILIPINO
PSYCHOLOGY?

Jose A. Samson

A Comment on Supposed
Filipino Traits
4. Filipinos are great imitators

IS THERE A FILIPINO
PSYCHOLOGY?

Jose A. Samson

A Comment on Supposed
Filipino Traits

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