Lecture 3: Sumpong Flashcards
aspects of filipino life connected with sumpong
- food habits
- work habits
- folklore and superstition
- sickness
- personality
-artistic temperament
a temporary and spontaneous but often recurring and unexplainable deviation from what the norm is for an individual, object or event
sumpong
“sinusumpong ako ngayon, gusto ko kumain ng matamis”
food habits
“he is sumpungin in his work; you can not rely on him”
work habits
“sinusumpong siya dahil kinukulam”
folklore and superstitions
“sinusumpong siya ng malaria, lagnat, atbp”
sickness
“a teacher who is sumpungin is mabait and generous at times and salbahe at others”
personality
“a creative person is expected to have his bursts of sumpong in order to work well”
artistic temperament
essential characteristics of sumpong
- deviation from what is usual
- temporary duration
- cyclical, recurring nature
- no apparent explanation
- irrelevant behaviors
- non-deliberate
represents the “What’s got into him?” or the “he is not himself” syndrome
deviation from what is usual
“while a burst of sumpong does last for a while, one does not expect a burst of sumpong to last forever”
temporary duration
lends itself to associations with the seasons or other natural events of a cyclical nature
cyclical, recurring nature
“one cannot put his finger on the exact, specific precipitating incident for a sumpong episode”
no apparent explanation
related to the pervasive and vague notion of sumpong, the individual “suffering” from it usually does not know himself
irrelevant behaviors
“the person involved in sumpong is at the mercy of the moon, fate, biorhythm, or whatever; he is not really responsible for it”
non-deliberate
types of sumpong manifestations
- aggressive sumpong
- withdrawing sumpong
- high-spirited sumpong
- highly specified sumpong
- 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
aggresive sumpong
- the individual retreats, withdraws or even escapes from the scene
- uncommunicative and unapproachable, and may result to sulking
withdrawing sumpong
- the individual is markedly excitable, high-spirited, and active
- one may lose some of his usual inhibitions and become highly impulsive and adventuresome
high-spirited sumpong
e.g., sumpong sa bait, sa sipag, etc
highly specified sumpong
related filipino concepts to sumpong
- baltik
- tampo
- sama ng loob
- init ng ulo
- more hostile than sumpong
- characterized by erratic bursts of hot-headedness
baltik
shares some of the behavioral manifestations of sumpong but has a readily identifiable origin, usually an external interpersonal event
tampo
nursed hurt or ill feeling towards another but may not necessarily be evident to the object of the ill feeling
sama ng loob
- 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
init ng ulo
