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Question 1

Character is derived from what Greek word?

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Charasshein

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defined as psychological notion that refers to all the
habitual ways of feeling and reacting of a person that distinguish one individual from
another. It is the trademark of being a person.

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Character

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signifies the
relatively fixed or continuing group of an individual personality attributes of a person or
the characteristic pattern of behavior of an individual.

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Character

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index of the state of mind of a person.
It is a sum total of motivation one gives to the persons around him and also does course
correction whenever there is a dire need of same.

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Character

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The social, emotional and
intellectual manifestations of a character

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Personality

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process by which the
individual, through interaction of biological transmitted predispositions with the
environment, develops stable pattern of functioning , thinking and feeling.

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Character formation

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Also known as character building

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Character formation

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most important of all the factors responsible for
personality development. The way parents behave with the child, how much he is
allowed to socialize, the kind o culture he is subjected to by them, and the emotional
make-up of his parents,

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Parents influence

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Home as cradle of human character and personality largely contribute to the
character formation of a child. It is said that the parents are the first educators of the
children. It is their parental guidance and discipline that creates the kind of character,
personality and attitude the child has.

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Home environment

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plays a major role in shaping a
child’s personality. Once a child starts going to school, he learns how to interact and
deal with his peers.

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School environment

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Everyone has different character and values because of the different cultures
where everyone is exposed.

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Culture

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appreciation for a variety of experiences.

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Openness

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planning ahead rather than being spontaneous.

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Conscientiousness

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being sociable. Energetic and talkative.

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Extroversion

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being kind, sympathetic and happy to help.

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Agreeableness

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inclined to worry or be vulnerable or temperamental.

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Neuroticism

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These are attributes such as
integrity, honesty, courage, loyalty, fortitude, and other important virtues that
promote good behavior and habits

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Positive trait or positive character

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a person’s predisposition to commit evil
acts.

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Negative trait or character

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Commonly used to describe a person who
doesn’t pick sides in disputes; neutral also pegs anything that refuses to be bold.

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Neutral character or trait

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person with this type of character is ever enthusiastic
for he knows his potentialities and limitations. This sort of a character is an asset
not only to the family but also the society in which person lives.

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Self realized character

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This refers to a jealous or acquisitive character. It is held
that, persons with greed will endeavor to go all out in collecting worldly
possessions and fulfilling his personal petty ambitions by adopting any means
open to him even crossing all the limits of moral and ethical limits.

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Covetous character

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Too much reliance on superstitions also robs us of scientific temper
and forward looking approach in our life. But we should not compare
superstitious and traditionalists.

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Superstitious character

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The person who thinks that world
runs due to him and everything and everybody should respect him as such. His
overbearing and bossy disposition puts him in the category of hard-to-please
(fastidious). This person learns his lesson after sometimes. This fellow with “I-
DAMN-CARE-ATTITUDE” hardly cares for others.

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Egoistic/ overbearing/ bossy/ tall talker

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A person who neither cares for the norms set by the
society nor cares for the moral or ethical values is an anti-social character. This
character is both a sinner and a criminal. He could also be termed as an offensive
character. This like character resorts to offense besides being abusive on even a
pretext.

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Antisocial character

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person who thinks other is there for serving him is and is without any warmth in the feeling for others.

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Insincere character

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We all should have confidence on ourselves. It is good for day to day functioning of our society. But when we cross the threshold of confidence and step into the realm of complacency then problem starts. A person who imbibes this traits finally faces ignoble defeat for being so and learns a lesson.

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Complacent character

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pillar of good character that is considered the most complicated of the six core ethical values and concerns a variety of qualities like honesty, integrity, reliability and loyalty.

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Trustworthiness

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expressing the truth as best we know it and not conveying it in a way likely to mislead or deceive.

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Honesty

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Presenting the facts to the best of our knowledge.

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Truthfulness

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One must observe genuineness, being without trickery or duplicity for it precludes all acts, including half-truths, out-of-the-context statements, and even silence, that are intended to create beliefs or leave impressions that are untrue or misleading.

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Sincerity

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forthrightness and frankness, imposing the obligation to volunteer information that another person needs to know.

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Candor

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those who acts according to his beliefs, not according to expediency. He is also consistent. There is no difference in the way he makes decisions from situation to situation; his principles don’t vary at work or at home, in public or alone.

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Integrity

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those who keep their promises for he believe that doing so create legitimate basis for another person to rely on him, and that he undertake special moral duties.

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Reliability (promise keeping)

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responsibility that each one should develop and maintain to promote the interests of certain people, organizations or affiliations. This duty goes beyond the normal obligation we all share to care others

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Loyalty

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The Golden Rule in Human Relation, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” perfectly illustrates?

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Respect

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means to take charge and be accountable of the consequences of what we think and do.

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Responsibility

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They finish what they started, overcoming rather than surrendering to obstacles. They avoid excuses such as, “that’s the way I am.” Or “It’s not my job.” Or “it was legal,” and always look for ways to do their work better.

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Pursuit of excellence

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exercise self-control, restraining passions and appetites (such as lust, hatred, gluttony, greed and fear) for the sake of longer-term vision and better judgment.

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Self restraint

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This pillar of good character involves issues of equality, impartiality, proportionality, openness and due process.

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Fairness

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heart of ethics, and ethical decision-making. It is scarcely possible to be truly ethical and yet unconcerned with the welfare of others. That is because ethics is ultimately about good relations with other people

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Caring

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This pillar of good character includes civic virtues and duties that prescribe how we ought to behave as part of a community. The good citizen knows the laws and obeys them.

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Citizenship

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trait displayed by every Filipino, characterized by heat-warming generosity and friendliness exhibited to foreigners and locals alike. Filipinos are well-known for being. This is one of the most popular qualities of Filipinos.

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Hospitable

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not just by younger people – but also by people of all ages. In the Philippines, respect for one’s elders is a tradition

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Respect

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these words are spoken by the Filipinos when talking to elders, or in order to show respect to persons in authority. These Filipino words means “yes, when answering or talking to the elders.

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Po and opo

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another way of showing respect to the elders when greeting them

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Pagmamano

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Filipinos value their value their family so much that they tend to keep families intact through the generations. Families go to church and pray together because their religion is important and creates a strong bond, marking God as the center of their lives.

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Strong family ties and religion

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They share what they have to the people around them even when they only have little. When you will be in trouble, Filipinos cannot refuse to help you. They are always willing to assist you.

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Generosity and helpfulness

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Another good thing most Filipinos have is being hardworking people. They are always willing to work almost the whole day to provide the needs of their families. Aside from their regular work, Filipinos always find creative ways to look for other sources of income.

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Strong work ethics

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Because of their generosity, hospitality and religiosity, Filipinos are found to be sweetest and most loving people in the world.

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Loving and caring

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When Filipinos are facing difficulties and shortcomings they have this attitude of leaving it up to God to sort things out. (Bahala nattitude.)

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Fatalism

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True blooded Filipinos have the attitude of causing delays in accomplishing things or making transactions. When not interested or not in the mood, they wait or reserve until tomorrow or the next day to finish what they are doing or meeting their transactions.

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Mañana habit or procrastination

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This is an attitude of some Filipinos where they tend to push each other down to clear the way for their own gain.

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Crab mentality

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This is the trait of the Filipino where criticisms to others failure to live with the moral standards of the society are inevitable. In the Philippines morality is highly valued, most of us try to live up to the standards set by the traditional society.

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Hypocrisy

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Most Filipinos are very good at the start when doing something. Nevertheless, after a few hours or days, that excitement to do or accomplish something is lodt we and become too lazy to finish what were have started

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Ningas Cogon

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Only in the Philippines that we have the so-called “Filipino time” but not exactly referring to the Philippines standard time, of the persons that we are waiting or who keeps on coming late to the set time schedule of events.

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Tardiness

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Filipinos are fond of talking about other’s business. It is not true that only women are into gossiping. Even men can also be nosy on other people’s lives.

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Gossiping

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Filipinos can sometimes be too selfish-righteous. When mistakes happen, we do not want to take the blame, we lack humility to accept our failures, and instead we point at others. This shows how irresponsible we are on our actions.

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Blaming

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Most Filipinos are insensitive to the needs and situations of others. This could be an outcome of having too many problems that Filipinos are facing and the tendency is to focus on their own needs first before others.

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Selfishness( being insensitive to others)

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Some Filipinos, despite of the understanding of the purpose of laws and ordinances have inability to observe and follow them.

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Disobedient to simple rules and instructions

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different to be an “epal” or “kapalmuks” – simply, being an attention grabber. Sometimes, in our desperate need to be the center of attention, we do things that are already embarrassing like butting in conversations as a know-it-all or by being scandalous

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Attention taker

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being too proud which usually results to being oversensitive.

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BEING ONION-SKINNED OR TOO SENSITIVE

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of the reasons why a lot of Filipinos live in poverty is because of overspending since most people want to live an elite lifestyle, many resort to social climbing or living beyond their means.

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Living beyond their means social climbing

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Filipino’s lack of initiative for change is also one reason why our country does not progress. We keep on complaining against the government and the other societal issues. However, we do not do anything about them one of our excuses is the lack of faith that our small actions can bring change.

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Passivity (lack of leadership)

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Filipinos valued interpersonal relationship. It is firmly believed that harmonious personal relationship is the key to successful endeavors.

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Personalism

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Filipinos are family-oriented. Development programs and projects in the community are concentrated on the family.

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Familialism

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Displayed behavior by the individuals may it be good or bad is blamed against the family.

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Particularism

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the approach that may influence work or social relationships by person relating to objects, events and ideas.

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Values orientation

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It is in the Filipino value of going out of the way to help, without being asked, i.e., unsolicited help.

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Pakikiramay

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Regardless whether someone’s views are agreeable or not, Filipinos are capable of getting along with it. Camaraderie, trust, confidence and loyalty are enhanced and develop by this Filipino value.

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Pakikisama

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Filipinos are able to render services and generous enough to extend help without compensation. Somebody can request help in time of need from those to whom it is extended.

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Bayanihan

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Filipinos are basically oriented to revere to the opinions of elders, peers or those in authority, during important discussions during social encounters.

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Galang