10 Personality

Question 1

is the sum total of man’s overt and
covert characteristics which is the
product of the interplay among inherited
dispositions, environment, and volition.

Answer 1

personality

Question 2

What are the dimensions of personality

Answer 2

• physical
  -social
  -mental
  -emotional
  -moral
• spiritual

Question 3

These aspects of personality are not
separated from one another. The
networking processes present in the
form of interdependent relationships
help to have a person’s personality.

Answer 3

dimensions of personality

Question 4

factors that influence personality development

Answer 4

1. heredity
2. environment
3. volition

Question 5

what are the strengths of the filipino character

Answer 5

1. pakikipagkapwa-tao
2. family orientation
3. joy and humor
4. flexibility, adaptability, creativity
5. hard work and industry
6. faith and religiosity
7. ability to survive

Question 6

what are the weaknesses of the filipino character

Answer 6

1. extreme personalism
2. extreme family centernedness
3. lack of discipline
4. passitivity and lack of initiative
5. colonial mentality
6. kanya-kanya syndrome
7. lack of self-analysis and self-reflection

Question 7

is manifested in a basic sense of
justice, fairness, and concern for
others.

Answer 7

pakikipagkapwa-tao

Question 8

It is also
demonstrated in the
Filipino’s ability to
empathize, help, and
generous with others
in times of need
(pakikiramay), and in
the practice of
bayanihan or mutual
assistance, and in the
famous Filipino
hospitality.

Answer 8

pakikipagkapwa-tao

Question 9

is manifested in the
honor and respect given
to parents and elders, in
the care given to
children, the generosity
towards kin in need, and
in the great sacrifices on
endures for the welfare
of the family.

Answer 9

family orientation

Question 10

are 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 of political satire.

Answer 10

joy and humor

Question 11

are 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 in
the creative talent
manifested in the cultural
sphere.

Answer 11

flexibility, adaptability, and creativity

Question 12

are manifested most noticeably in
willingness to take risks with jobs
abroad and while there, to work at two
or three jobs.

Answer 12

hard work and industry

Question 13

Filipinos have a deep faith in God.
Our innate religiosity enables us to comprehend and genuinely accept reality in the context of God’s will and plan.

Answer 13

faith and religiosity

Question 14

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

Answer 14

ability to survive

Question 15

is manifested in the
tendency to give
personal interpretation
to action thus, a sincere
question may be viewed
as a challenge to one’s
competence or positive
feedback may be
interpreted as a sign of
special affection.

Answer 15

extreme personalism

Question 16

is manifested through
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.

Answer 16

extreme family centeredness

Question 17

is manifested through
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 17

lack of discipline

Question 18

is described as the tendency to wait to
be told what has to be done and strong
reliance on others to do things for us.

Answer 18

passivity and lack of initiative

Question 19

1. the first is the lack of patriotism or an active awareness, appreciation, and love of the Philippines;
2. the actual preference for foreign things. It is manifested in the alienation of the elite from the roots and from the meanness as well as in the basic feeling of national inferiority that makes it difficult for Filipinos to relate as
   equals to Westerners.

Answer 19

colonial mentality

Question 20

is evident through
demonstrating selfish and
self-serving attitudes that
generate a feeling of envy
and competitiveness
toward others,
particularly one’s peers
who seem to have gained
some status or prestige.

Answer 20

kanya-kanya syndrome

Question 21

is described as the tendency to be
superficial and even somewhat flighty.

Answer 21

lack of self-analysis and self-reflection