LESSSON 2 ASAL PINOY Flashcards
WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE FILIPINO PERSONALITY?
- There is a problem of choosing a reliable method to analyze the traits and values of Filipinos, a people whose country had been greatly influenced by colonizers;
- Most researchers have used western models not applicable to Filipino culture. That is, according to Landa Jocano (1978), the discrepancies between research findings and real Filipino behavior.
Pedro Chirino compared the Philippines to a _____
“Spanish seed planted in Malay soil and nourished by Chinese and American influences.
Who compared the Philippines to “Spanish seed planted in Malay soil and nourished by Chinese and American influences.
Pedro Chirino
The Filipino soul is aa synthesis of _____, ______, and ____.
the Malay, Chinese mind, and Indian art
Are charming, trusting as a child, naturally tolerant, forbearing, and kind.
the Malay
He laughs a good deal, and is convinced that tomorrow everything will be better.
the Malay
is frivolous, characterized as lack of seriousness. His religious rituals are occasion for merrymaking and enjoyment.
the Malay
He praises the man who gets along well with others, ‘marunong makisama.’
the Malay
a blend of philosophy and pragmatism.
the Chinese mind
He laughs a good deal, and is convinced that tomorrow everything will be bette
the Malay
He is brave to the point of recklessness.
the Malay
His religious rituals are occasion for merrymaking and enjoyment. His meetings are reduced into a litany of green jokes and bawdy stories about dancing girls.
the Malay
His patience and perseverance, hardiness and foresight, frugality and thrift have been transplanted into the Filipino psyche.
the Chinese mind
The Confucian philosophy accounts for most of the values the Filipinos imbibed.
the Chinese mind
During the ______ (618-907 A.D), some 3,000 Chinese traders came and established residence in the Philippines.
Tang Dynasty
According to her about 10% of Filipino genes is Chinese.
Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil
elements in the Filipino lie mainly in art, manners, beliefs and language.
the Indian art
percentage of Filipinos that embraced Spanish catholicism
80%
a religion based on folk Catholicism mixed with pre-Spanish superstitions and pagan beliefs.
Spanish Catholicism
Emphasis on appearance, reputation, privilege and status are all Spanish.
- Delicadeza
- Some of the elements are: the public health system, road system, mass education, English language, Western democracy, presidential system, Congress.
AMERICAN REGIME
- The American regime made the Filipinos _____
PRAGMATIC
- Where before he had an obedient mind, now he is asking questions.
The MIND OF THE FILIPINO: AMERICAN
Under the Americans, Filipinos became ________
materialistic and individualistic
The Filipino is frequently diagnosed as one suffering from _____
identity crisis
He is Asian by birth but matured with a Western mind.
FILIPINO