Module 2, part 2: Rethinking of filipino values

Question 1

XXBostrom(1968) compared “bahala na” to

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American fatalism.

Question 2

XXThomas Andres published the Dictionary of Filipino Culture and
Values ‘‘the Filipino attitude
that makes him accept sufferings and problems, leaving
everything to God.”

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Bahala na
‘Bahala na ang Diyos (God will take care of us)’

Question 3

//Lagmay (1977) explained that bahala na is not ‘‘fatalism’’ but

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‘‘determination and risk-
taking’’

Question 4

//- they are telling themselves that they are ready to face the difficult situation before them, and will do their best to achieve their objectives.
-The expression is a way of pumping courage into their system so that they do not buckle down.

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Bahala na

Question 5

XXSibley (1965), an American scholar, translated hiya as

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Shame

Question 6

XXLynch (1961) saw ____ as ‘‘the uncomfortable feeling that accompanies awareness of being in a socially unacceptable position, or performing a socially unacceptable action.’

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Hiya

Question 7

XXAndres (1994) described _____ as ‘‘an ingredient in why Filipinos overspend during fiestas in order to please their visitors, even to the extent of going into debt’’

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Hiya

Question 8

//more appropriate translation of hiya in English is not ‘‘shame’’ but

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‘‘sense of propriety ’’

Question 9

//With some affixes, it becomes negative, with others, positive, and in still other forms, it can either be positive or negative depending on the context

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Hiya

Question 10

XXUtang na loob was translated by Kaut (1961) as

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‘‘debt of gratitude’’.

Question 11

XXAndres (1994, pp. 190–191) defined it, as ‘‘the principle of reciprocity incurred when an individual helps another.

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Utang na Loob

Question 12

//-it actually means ‘‘gratitude/solidarity’’.
-It is not necessarily a burden as the word ‘‘debt’’ connotes

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Utang na Loob

Question 13

//a beautiful element of Filipino
interpersonal relationships that binds a person to his or her home community or home country.

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Utang na Loob

Question 14

XXPakikisama was identified by Lynch (1961, 1973) as a Filipino value, giving it the English translation of maintaining

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‘‘smooth interpersonal
relations’’

Question 15

//treating the other person as kapwa or fellow human being.

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PakiKISAMA at PAKIKIPAGKAPWA

Question 16

This has made the sharpening of pakikiramdam (shared inner perception) a particularly desirable skill in many situations involving Filipino social interaction.

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indirect communication

Question 17

is a request to feel or to be sensitive to. It is a shared feeling, a kind of ‘‘emotional a priori’’

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Pakikiramdam

Question 18

-refers to honor which is physical, such as that bestowed through compliments or applauses for a
good performance, thus external. -It can also refer to virginity which is a virtue expected of unmarried
Filipino women.

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Puri

Question 19

is honor from within –
knowledge of one’s true worth, character, achievement and success.

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Dangal

Question 20

something researchers should be conscious of when trying to understand the Filipino personality.

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internality-externality

Question 21

Lagmay asked the staff who would like to teach psychology in Filipino.
Professors _________ and _______
responded to Lagmay’s call.

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Fredegusto David and Amaryllis Torres

Question 22

The first faculty member to teach the course SikFil

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Jose Ma. Bartolome.

Question 23

the first graduates to receive their Ph.D. with Philippine Psychology as the area of concentration.

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Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino and Sylvia Estrada Claudio

Question 24

For Salazar (1991), _____ are not ‘‘Filipinos’’ since they are not legitimate culture bearers

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Filipino Americans

Question 25

Sikolohiyang Pilipino, according to him, should focus on the lived experiences of people immersed in Philippine life and culture.

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Salazar

Question 26

indeed Filipino- Americans are not Filipino – they are both Filipino and American.

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Protacio-Marcelino

Question 27

Filipino-Americans are Filipinos because some aspects of their identity and cultural experiences are still Filipino

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Enriquez

Question 28

To him, Sikolohiyang Pilipino exists as long as there are Filipinos.

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Enriquez

Question 29

Enriquez labeled Salazar’s position as ______which limits his views to the confines of national boundaries’’.

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‘‘reactionary ethnocentrism’’

Question 30

Sikolohiyang Pilipino is contributing to a truly universal psychology which is based on a new set of principles:

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diversity and equality