Lecture 3: Sumpong

Question 1

aspects of filipino life connected with sumpong

Answer 1

• food habits
• work habits
• folklore and superstition
• sickness
• personality
  -artistic temperament

Question 2

a temporary and spontaneous but often recurring and unexplainable deviation from what the norm is for an individual, object or event

Answer 2

sumpong

Question 3

“sinusumpong ako ngayon, gusto ko kumain ng matamis”

Answer 3

food habits

Question 4

“he is sumpungin in his work; you can not rely on him”

Answer 4

work habits

Question 5

“sinusumpong siya dahil kinukulam”

Answer 5

folklore and superstitions

Question 6

“sinusumpong siya ng malaria, lagnat, atbp”

Answer 6

sickness

Question 7

“a teacher who is sumpungin is mabait and generous at times and salbahe at others”

Answer 7

personality

Question 8

“a creative person is expected to have his bursts of sumpong in order to work well”

Answer 8

artistic temperament

Question 9

essential characteristics of sumpong

Answer 9

• deviation from what is usual
• temporary duration
• cyclical, recurring nature
• no apparent explanation
• irrelevant behaviors
• non-deliberate

Question 10

represents the “What’s got into him?” or the “he is not himself” syndrome

Answer 10

deviation from what is usual

Question 11

“while a burst of sumpong does last for a while, one does not expect a burst of sumpong to last forever”

Answer 11

temporary duration

Question 12

lends itself to associations with the seasons or other natural events of a cyclical nature

Answer 12

cyclical, recurring nature

Question 13

“one cannot put his finger on the exact, specific precipitating incident for a sumpong episode”

Answer 13

no apparent explanation

Question 14

related to the pervasive and vague notion of sumpong, the individual “suffering” from it usually does not know himself

Answer 14

irrelevant behaviors

Question 15

“the person involved in sumpong is at the mercy of the moon, fate, biorhythm, or whatever; he is not really responsible for it”

Answer 15

non-deliberate

Question 16

types of sumpong manifestations

Answer 16

• aggressive sumpong
• withdrawing sumpong
• high-spirited sumpong
• highly specified sumpong

Question 17

• the individual always expresses some anger, whether by means of hostile facial expression or overt aggressive behavior
• there is no specific target but a general displeasure with all that the individual interacts with

Answer 17

aggresive sumpong

Question 18

• the individual retreats, withdraws or even escapes from the scene
• uncommunicative and unapproachable, and may result to sulking

Answer 18

withdrawing sumpong

Question 19

• the individual is markedly excitable, high-spirited, and active
• one may lose some of his usual inhibitions and become highly impulsive and adventuresome

Answer 19

high-spirited sumpong

Question 20

e.g., sumpong sa bait, sa sipag, etc

Answer 20

highly specified sumpong

Question 21

related filipino concepts to sumpong

Answer 21

• baltik
• tampo
• sama ng loob
• init ng ulo

Question 22

• more hostile than sumpong
• characterized by erratic bursts of hot-headedness

Answer 22

baltik

Question 23

shares some of the behavioral manifestations of sumpong but has a readily identifiable origin, usually an external interpersonal event

Answer 23

tampo

Question 24

nursed hurt or ill feeling towards another but may not necessarily be evident to the object of the ill feeling

Answer 24

sama ng loob

Question 25

• more overt; corresponds to hot-headedness as well as similar symbols of speech
• little nuance is implied
• the term describes behavior and behavioral dispositions characterized by a low threshold for aggression regardless of cause or origin

Answer 25

init ng ulo