Please pass your reflections on the PSSP Workshop to me via email or in class by December 1 . You may share your feelings, thoughts, insights, learnings and plans of action. Note the PSSP logo which I retrieved from http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://images.sikolohiyangpilipino.multiply.com/logo/5 on November 21, 2009.
After the PSSP workshop, I learned that we should be more conscious and interested about Filipino Psychology because it will enable us to understand and solve our current social problems. Because of that, our group was very eager to pursue a good and relevant thesis study that can help understand and solve current problems in the society such as calamities and different causes of human injustices. Our study will critically analyze the Filipino social context and its cultural meaning. As a result, there will be social awareness and national consciousness among Filipino people. In fact, our study in the field of Filipino psychology will serve as a contribution in the growing Philippine literature to better understand the Filipino identity and to unravel the unique Filipino characteristics in order for other people in several countries with different cultures to appreciate what it takes to be a Filipino.
ReplyDeleteTo be quite honest I did not have any inclination to attend the workshop, I only did since it was a requirement. I was expecting it to be boring, because aside from it involving something I completely did not have any interest for, it was also going to be discussed in Filipino. I thought that it was going to be a nosebleed and so I had to literally drag myself inside the room. Although, to my surprise, as the lecturer continued to talk, I noticed that my attention was captured and I began to eagerly listen-soon I came up with different questions I was curious about.
ReplyDeleteWhat struck me the most was the topic on the “Kulelat Syndrome” that Filipinos tend to have. Before the talk, I was already aware that the majority of Filipinos feel inferior to others but what was new to my knowledge was the discovery that it was rooted from the Filipinos’ experience with the colonizers that inhabited the Philippines. Additionally, I was surprised that such self-defeating characteristic also persisted in the field of psychology. This could probably explain why it is difficult for Philippine psychology to blossom at its fullest; as compared to Western psychology that is recognized and accepted by many. As mentioned in the talk, the inferiority was manifested in different ways, such as: the use of the English language when teaching psychology inherent to the Filipinos and high regard for Western ideologies. Clearly, these things were inhibiting the growth of Sikolohiyang Pilipino. Instead of it being able to expand its knowledge on the Filipino people and their concerns, it is limited to the concepts outside the native country.
I believe that psychology is somewhat a subjective or relative branch of science because it is heavily influenced by the culture or people who are utilizing it. A culture (country) can have its own, unique psychology because the context dictates its specific demands from it; which can justify why methods originating from Western psychology may not be applicable to people of the Eastern regions. From what I stated previously, it can be inferred that there is, indeed, a great significance for Sikolohiyang Pilipino to be studied and revitalized-and most especially, a great need to cure the “kulelat syndrome”. If this were unable to do, then there will be numerous effects on the development of the Philippine psychology-exclusion and marginalization of Filipino experiences that we may fail to recognize, distortion and alienation of these experiences as well. Thus, Philippine psychology may never discover the core of what it is trying to study or remedy. Additionally, the needs of the Filipino individuals will not be completely addressed-it will always be limited to the “next best thing”.
After the talk, I recognized the need of Sikolohiyang Pilipino to those who aspire to be psychologists in the future because they will most likely be dealing with people who belong to this country and their means of helping should be close to the nature of the Filipinos. I think that it is a practical and intelligent move for Miriam College to include it to the curriculum-it is truly living up to its mission of training women to be in the service of others (to be able to help, one must be knowledgeable about who or what he/she is helping to be able to provide the most appropriate assistance to them). Given the chance, I would like to enroll Sikolohiyang Pilipino as an elective in the next semester because it will not only be able to broaden my wisdom in psychology, but I believe that it will also facilitate my awareness on national identity.
I have to admit, I had every misconception about the subject, 'Sikolohiyang Pilipino'. Honestly, in the previous year, when I saw the elective, I said to myself that 'I am never taking that'.
ReplyDeleteMy main reason was simple, since I knew the language used to teach this class was Filipino, I couldn't join it. I don't comprehend tagalog very well. Yes, I can converse with Filipino, but using and understanding formal tagalog is on a completely different level compared to it. And I had another reason for not wanting to take this class, an insulting but an honest one, it was that I merely saw no point in taking it. I just thought that it was a tagalized version of General Psychology.
I have never had a string sense of belonging and feelings for a particualr country. I was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil and was brought up in Japan; and starting from grade three, I grew up here in the Philippines. I has always insulted me when I hear topics and phrases that centered itself on: 'As a Filipino' or 'As a Japanese'. I have always felt I was in the middle. I felt thatr I did not belong anywhere. I am neither a Brazilian, neither a Japanese, neither a fully-pledged Filipino. Sometimes I just wished that, in a time of rapid globalization, the wolrd would just get over their fight for differences and just stick as a one big community.
But listening to the workshop done by the two amazing speakers has made me view few things in a whole new light. When I heard them speak, I immediately thought of Sir Bobet; it was like listening to him lecture. He always talked about the Filipino pride, how thinking in a western frame of mind would eventually destroy what it is in us Filipinos. When I hear his speeches, it never fails me to feel a spark of the part that is something Filipino in me. And listening to the workshop brought back that feeling.
I was literally inspired by the talk. My misconceptions just flew out of my mind. I was having so many ideas for our research topic that it confused me. I just couldn't decide which one to pursue. I'm glad that we were required to attend the workshop, since if I wasn't required to attend, I definitely wouldn't have gone to it considering my precious misconceptions about the topic itself.
It has left me with full of ideas and an open mind; tools that I know, would be inevitably essential for us in the up-coming thesis making. As a result, I'm beginning to enjoy the process of research and not fear it as much as I did.
According to the facilitators of the seminar, Sikolohiyang Pilipino is developed inside Psychology. It is focused on local behaviors, or rather the behavior of the Filipino people. For the longest time, we have engaged ourselves in studying western researchers. Our involvement in western researches does not help our fellow Filipinos. Instead of helping them by providing a new understanding of a psychological concept, we leave them with the feeling of being marginalized and excluded. By attending this seminar, I realized that perhaps, it is time to make a change. Psychology is a course aimed to understand and help the people, but how can we help them if we cannot even make them feel comfortable with us?. For the longest time, the less privileged people have perceived psychologists as belonging to higher classes. Those who are able to seek for help with psychologists belong to the same economic status such as theirs. Less privileged people seldom approach psychologists because of the feeling we leave them-the feeling of being marginalized and alienated in their own country. Thus, I firmly believe that it is about time to change that mindset. Let us change the mindset of the Filipino people towards psychologists by providing researches that are reader friendly and clearly understandable for them. In addition, researches that are meant to help them.
ReplyDeleteBefore when I hear the word Sikolohiyang Pilipino, I just say that “Yeah, it’s just the Filipino version of Psychology”. I wasn’t really aware how it could impact one’s life especially us Filipinos. I started to have a glimpse of the Filipino Psychology when our group in Psych testing decided to have a Filipino construct.
ReplyDeleteBut, let’s not go too far. I am thankful that our group decided to go that way and we are lucky to have some knowledge about how is Sikolohiyang Pilipino at the present. However, I felt a lot luckier during and after the workshop. It encouraged me to continue with our previous study to our research this semester. It deepened my understanding and my purpose why I am making and continuing what I have started last semester. Because of this workshop my group mates and I were able to get the contact information of Sir. Jay Yacat, which we think will be a great help for our research.
I call this workshop as an informative discussion. I have been well informed that there is really a need for us to think outside the box and be aware that there are a lot of Filipino values and constructs that we can study. The facilitators also informed us that Filipinos have a syndrome called the “Kulelat Syndrome”. They say that we have a tendency to dwell on other’s way of thinking over the way we know. Sometimes I’m like that because of the influence of the foreign TV shows that I watch regularly. But I realized that no matter how big other cultures influence me, I shouldn’t forget my own culture and values.
According to the facilitators, pagbabangong-dangal is the solution for the “Kulelat Syndrome”. And I feel in my own way, I can contribute to this. I hope that our future research will help in the enrichment of the Sikolohiyang Pilipino. I’m really looking forward to future researches relevant to the Filipino personality.
Why do we use other countries’ language especially English when studying psychology when in fact we have our own language in which we all, Filipinos share a common understanding? Why do we still use foreign psychologists’ tests and works when in fact we can create our own? Filipino psychologists and researchers strive to overcome these shortcomings or “Kulelat Syndrome” (Maggay, 1993) by establishing an innovative psychology known as “Sikolohiyang Pilipino” that is appropriate for our culture, identity, practices, and language. The establishment of
ReplyDeleteSikolohiyang Pilipino in the Philippines serves as a symbol of empowerment of our nationalistic and individual identity especially to us who study psychology. I perceived that this action and activism reflects our desire to be free from colonial mentality, exclusion and marginalization, distortion, and alienation. The belief in our own power to create and make a change with our own creativeness and knowledge serve as our unique and emboldening way to create our own identity in the field of psychology. Creating a psychology that is our own is vital to us Filipinos in order for us to understand deeply ourselves, our behaviours, and the phenomena that occurs in our country since it is written in a language in which we all understand and most importantly it is based on our experiences as Filipinos, our stories, context and the way we think, feel, and behave.
Sikolohiyang Pilipino has enormous contributions both in the field of psychology and nationalism empowerment. Hence, I am one of those in favor of making it as part of the schools’ curriculum since this kind of course is very advantageous and beneficial in the development of the students’ skills and knowledge. Through the study and development of Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Kulelat Syndrome (Maggay, 1993) is then modified to a “Pagbabagong Dangal”-an action of positive change and development. Indeed, establishment of Sikolohiyang Pilipino is one of greatest contribution in our country. It is an epitome of change, freedom, and liberalism. It is a psychology of action that does not only help an individual understands his or her being but also aimed to help and improve other people’s lives.
The first part of the talk was guided by Sir Jay.What I have found most interesting in Sir Jay’s talk is the one about Kulelat Syndrome. Sir Jay said that this is the tendency of us Filipinos’ to think colonially and at times inferiorly specifically to the Western Culture. It manifests through copying of other culture’s ideas, way of thinking, and the way they behave and incorporating it with our own lifestyle. Thus, we Filipino’s tend to lose our own identity. For me this syndrome applies to us Filipino’s nowadays. We are trying so hard to be like them that we start to lose the identity that we have. And I find it very helpful that Sikolohiyang Pilipino would now be offered as a major subject. This would not only remind us that we have our own thoughts, ideas, and behaviors that we should be aware of but will also teach us to learn and appreciate our own identity as Filipinos.
ReplyDeleteThe second part of the talk was guided by Sir Tonton. The moment Sir Tonton opened his mouth and greeted us, I said to myself, “this is going to be an interesting one”- and truly, it was. Sir Tonton has a way of catching our attention, he has a clear voice and he even crack jokes that made us laugh throughout his talk. There are two lines from Sir Tonton’s talk that impact me. One of which is that “Mahilig tayo magkwento pero hindi tayo tsismoso” (pertaining to Psychology students and Psychology majors). And the other one is “ lagi tayong my bitbit na psychology goodies” (with his unique way of pronouncing the word goodies which made us all laugh). With these he discussed that one advantage of being a psychology student is that when we tell stories, we make sure that we have evidences to support it. And more often that not, we have a “bag of psychology goodies” that we bring with us that help us label our experiences.
Indeed, I am able to enjoy the workshop that I have about Sikolohiyang Pilipino. I am eager to take this course if given an opportunity. It seems like I would learn something about my own experiences in relation to the psychology of my own culture, something that I believe I should have learned a long time ago. Still, this just shows how Psychology evolves through time, and I would like to be part of that evolution.
One of the topics that caught my attention was the “Kulelat Syndrome”. In here, we compare ourselves to the Western people. We overly adore the characteristics of Westerners which is very unhealthy for our culture. I realized that it is the right time to cure this disease of Filipinos. We need to have our own choices and thinking. We should not simply depend on Western-based psychological ideas because we have our own. In the first place, we have the potential to do much better than them. We just need to believe in our own capabilities. In addition, I learned that Filipino Psychology is very essential to us. Since Western ideas and perception about things are not exactly fitted on the ideas and perception of Filipinos about things. Most of the time, Filipino terms have no exact definitions and translation on other languages. Only Filipinos can understand those. Thus, we should have our own method in order for us to explain the things which are unique characteristics of Filipinos.
ReplyDeleteFrom all of the insights and learning in this workshop, our group became more motivated in continuing our research about kusang-loob. Kusang-loob is an indigenous Filipino characteristic. So when we go on with our study, this may also serve as our support in the development of Filipino Psychology. We are also grateful about this workshop because we have given the chance to talk with the guest speaker (Sir Jay). He gave us ideas on where we can find previous researches and Filipino psychology proficient researchers that may support and help us in doing our research.
I just realized that our group made the right choice in choosing Filipino context in our study. Through this, we will be able to support the growth of Filipino Psychology (specifically under positive psychology) and at the same time we will have the chance to know our culture more.
I learned that Sikolohiyang Pilipino, defined by Sir Jay Yacat and Kuya Tonton Clemente, “ito ay isang katutubong sikolohiya na nadebelop mula sa loob, nagsasalamin sa mga local na kilos, nagpapaliwanag sa mga kilos na ito gamit ang sariling balangkas at nagdudulot ng mga resultang mapapkinabangan”.
ReplyDeleteThrough this I learned that there is a big distinction between the localization and formalization of method, theory and concepts in foreign language and in local language. There is a definite word for this terms, concepts and theory likewise to exercise these concepts in foreign language. While listening to their talk, I also learned that SP has different methods namely; Mga metodo: Pagtatanong-tanong (Gonzales, 1982; Pepua, 1985) Pakikipagkwentuhan (Enriquez, 1988) Ginabayang Talakayan (Enriquez, 1988).
Moreover, they tackled also the Goals of SP. Such as; “Makabuo ng mas akmang sikolohiya para sa mga Pilipino, Iwasto ang mga biases ng Kanlurang sikolohiya, Palawakin ang batayan ng kaalaman, Maunawaan ang mga Pilipino batay sa sariling pananaw at Labanan ang kolonyal na pagiisip. For me, it was a great help to learn additional information what the goals of SP are and to explain to us what the positive side of Sikolohiyang Pilipino are at the present time.
The effects of Sikolohiyang Pilipino also discussed in the talk specifically the exclusion and marginalization which our experiences in not specified importance of the psychology or not even a piece of it, distortion, and alienation which makes our practice distant from the psychology world.
The Kulelat Syndrome has a big impact on me in the whole talk because it made me realize that I do not want to be labeled as Kulelat, rather the topmost. Sir Jay Yacat defined it as 1)”ang syndrome ay tumutukoy sa grupo ng mga sintomas o palatandaan na may mali o negatibong kundisyon”. 2)”Ang kulelat syndrome ay mga magkakaugnay na paniniwala na nagpapatibay na tayo ay may kakulangan. As a student of Psychology, I want to focus on this mainly because as I said, I do not want to label us as Kulelat and I think that we have our potency and skills that we need to show more. Given the fact that every individual has its own strength, I want to prove them that they are wrong.
Add to that, SP as a Discipline. Discipline is equal to the way we do things properly. Using confined concepts and words is significant in our culture; likewise using local methods in researching as well a way of disciplining our selves by means of our own methods in doing research or study.
Last thing that I learned, as a psychology we are fun of sharing stories, but in sharing our stories, our advantage is that, we have our basis and evidence. Oftentimes we have our “Bag of Psychology Goodies” to help us “label” our experience, as Kuya Tonton explains us that in our every concept and explanations we share to our fellow friends, it is always good to have our “Bag of Psychology Goodies” to give us the knowledge and help us giving the right and appropriate terms and theory.
Finally, in this workshop;it is informative, I was greatly pleased and it is worthwhile hearing the talk. It was fun and filled of knowledge to learn on. Indeed, it help me understand that we need to push through the SP in this modernize generation, it will help our culture and can greatly affect our locality of preference broaden more. The talk about SP is mindful and personally I enjoyed it. I want to thank Sir Jay Yacat and Kuya Tonton Clemente for a bright talk and fun talk with them.
I completely agree when the facilitator said that non-psychology majors usually regard psychology majors as “manghuhula” because I almost always experience being asked to guess what other people are thinking. Most people (non-psyche) do not understand the nature of psychology. They expect us, (psyche) majors, to give them answers right away without thinking that it takes time before we could come up with a good judgment about a person. We cannot just judge a person based on his/her external appearance or based on what he or she did wrong. Rather, we try to find basis and evidence on why certain people act in certain ways. Like for example, we give tests that would measure people’s personalities.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that some words in English may have different meaning if you translate it in Filipino or vice versa. English language to some extent creates exclusion and marginalization, distortion and alienation. For example when you say “I love you,” “I” is more important than “you,” which is in a way more self-centered. But when you say “mahal kita,” “kita,” is a combination of “you and I” meaning both of us.
With this example, I remember what Ms. Jasmin Acuña said about How Language Can Influence Thinking. According to her, what is easily said in a language is different from what can be said in the language. The grammatical rules and concepts that are easily expressed in a language help focus thoughts onto certain aspects of experience. While the sociocultural reality of a group of people helps to create the linguistic pattern of interactions.
From my observation, Filipino psychologists as well as the subject Sikolohiya ng Pilipino, appear to be somehow new. Since it is not always tackled in public and from the fact that it is an elective subject, Sikolohiya ng Pilipino becomes foreign to many. In addition is that, the colonial mentality of Filipinos was so high to the point that people were so much amazed by the foreigners forgetting their own culture. To the extent that people were trying so hard to be like the Hollywood stars in consequence of decreasing of their pride being a Filipino. Well sometimes, I am indeed guilty of that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the speaker that it is about time to spread the awareness of the Filipino people about the Sikolohiya ng Pilipino. It will be a tough challenge for psychology majors to do that but it is not impossible. People should embrace our culture more in order to understand more about our nation. Filipinos should have more pride not just whenever Manny Pacquiao wins a fight. It always starts with local, international, then to global. We’ll never know that someday, other nationalities would study about psychology of the Filipinos.
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The workshop was really fun, enjoyable and informative. I thought it would be boring but it started and ended right. I realized so many things and I also felt a bit guilty. I’ve always liked and appreciated Western Psychology. I support it more than Filipino psychologists and researchers. I never thought that such a way of thinking would result to a close minded and ignorant attitude. I imagined myself to be in the shoes of those Filipino psychologists. It would really hurt knowing that my fellow Filipinos ignore my work and take it for granted. They sacrificed and worked hard for their craft and it is appropriate to give them proper credit and recognition for it. I agree with Sir Jay, we Filipinos always relate our own self to western theories and studies when in fact it is different from our norms. I began to question myself, why I try so hard to look for a foreign study as references for my requirements? There are a lot of Filipino studies that suits more what I am studying and thinking. Just like an old Filipino saying, “sakto, walang labis walang kulang.” I hope the workshop also made an impact to others like it did to me. It really helped me open my eyes to appreciating more the talent and works of my fellow Filipinos. Most importantly, we should not depend too much on other foreign countries because we too are capable of doing what they do.
ReplyDeleteThe speakers of the talk were Sir Jay and Sir Tonton. What I have found most interesting in Sir Jay’s talk is the one about Kulelat Syndrome which he defined as: “ang syndrome ay tumutukoy sa grupo ng mga sintomas na may mali o negatibong kondosyon samantala ang kulelat syndrome ay mga magkakaugnay na paniniwala na nagpapatibay na tayo ay may kakulangan.”Sir Jay said that this is the tendency of us Filipinos to think colonially and at times inferiorly specifically to the Western Culture. It manifests through copying of other culture’s ideas, way of thinking, and the way they behave and incorporating it with our own lifestyle. Thus, we Filipino’s tend to lose our own identity. For me this syndrome applies to us Filipinos nowadays. We are trying so hard to be like them that we start to lose the identity that we have. And I find it very helpful that Sikolohiyang Pilipino would now be offered as a major subject. This would not only remind us that we have our own thoughts, ideas, and behaviors that we should be aware of but will also teach us to learn and appreciate our own identity as Filipinos.
ReplyDeleteThe second part of the talk was guided by Sir Tonton. The moment Sir Tonton opened his mouth and greeted us, I said to myself, “this is going to be an interesting one”- and truly, it was. Sir Tonton has a way of catching our attention, he has a clear voice and he even cracks jokes that made us laugh throughout his talk. There are two lines from Sir Tonton’s talk that impact me. One of which is that “Mahilig tayo magkwento pero hindi tayo tsismoso” (pertaining to Psychology students and Psychology majors).And the other one is “ lagi tayong may bitbit na psychology goodies” (with his unique way of pronouncing the word goodies which made us all laugh). With these he discussed that one advantage of being a psychology student is that when we tell stories, we make sure that we have evidences to support them. And more often that not, we have a “bag of psychology goodies” that we bring with us that help us label our experiences.
Indeed, I am able to enjoy the workshop that I attended about Sikolohiyang Pilipino. I am eager to take this course if given an opportunity. It seems like I would learn something about my own experiences in relation to the psychology of my own culture, something that I believe I should have learned a long time ago. Still, this just shows how Psychology evolves through time, and I would like to be part of that evolution.
Psychologist is always mistaken by other people as "manghuhula." I learned that we should defend ourselves to others and be proud that "we don't read minds, we mind them." "we are not tsismosa, we're just makwento" because we base everything from what we have learned (theories and evidences).
ReplyDeleteThe talk made me realize that SP can give us another option in terms of helping other people. SP aims to fight colonial mentality in the Philippines.
The best part of the talk was that, we have a bag so-called "bag of psychology goodies." we have a bag that is full of reserved knowledge, terms, theories, and learnings that can help other people.
The speaker started the workshop by these questions, what kind of psychology do we have in the Philippines? Why is it like this? The very first thing that struck me was the Kulelat Syndrome (Maggoy, 1993). It was defined as "magkakaugnay na paniniwala na nagpapatibay na tayo ay may kakulangan". It made me think, do I have this Kulelat Syndrome? It’s saddening to admit that yes, this kind of syndrome really do exist in the society now. It’s prevalent even among teachers whom we, the students, use as our guides.
ReplyDeleteThe speaker pointed out that maybe it’s because of the effect of the English language. English is very different from our Filipino language. It was shown to us by the speaker that English words are not close enough to describe or to be substitutes of our native language. For example the phrase I love you is different from mahal kita. Unlike I love you where in there is a separation between the doer and the receiver because the emphasis is on the “I”, mahal kita focuses on mahal, which is love and it also incorporates the relationship between the lover and the one being loved through the word kita. In this case the effects of English includes, exclusion and marginalization, distortion, and alienation in the sense that it makes the situation translated in English un-Filipino.
Sikolohiyang Pilipino has different aims. It made me realize that after studying all western theories it’s a shame when I’m a Filipino and yet I don’t even know a single theory formulated by a fellow Filipino. That in my third year in college I still haven’t appreciated my own Psychology, that triggers situations I myself is in. Sikolohiyang Pilipino is another view of Psychology where I can be at home, where I could discover behaviors that is only seen or experienced by Filipinos like me. Sikolohiyang Pilipino has an aim of changing Filipino’s Kulelat Syndorme into Pagbabagong dangal, it’s rough English translation is gaining integrity or changing for integrity, to gain back our integrity as a Filipino and not to feel insufficient anymore in what we are doing. Even though the aim of Sikolohiyang Filipino is to give importance to our own Filipino Psychology we should not throw all our learnings, all the knowledge that we learned about western psychology instead, we should learn how to incorporate it with our Sikolohiyang Pilipino learnings. Having a perspective on both fields makes us a more effective and competent psychologist.
The whole talk was very interesting but what I like the most is about the “Kulelat Syndrome” (Maggay, 1993). Ang Kulelat Syndromeay ay ang mga magkakaugnay na paniniwala na nagpapatibay na tayo ay may kakulangan (Maggay,1993). Based on my understanding (sorry but I’m not sure), Kulelat syndrome is the collection of how Filipino thinks when they are compared to the Westerners. Filipinos feel inferior when they are compared to Americans. They are inflicted by the virus of colonial mentality and patronize western products over their own Filipino products. After hearing about the Kulelat sundrome, I felt half guilty because somehow, I think that way. I always prefer to buy American products when it comes to clothes and Japanese products for cosmetics. But when it comes to dishes, nothing beats the Philippine cuisine for me!
ReplyDeleteIn the PSSP workshop that I together with my classmates attented, I felt pleased and blessed. At first, I thought that the fee for the workshop was too much because a hundred pesos for me could be my allowance already for two days and yet I realized that it's worth it...In the workshop, the speakers stated some beliefs of the Filipinos/us that allowed the Kulelat Syndrome to happen. Due to strong influence of Western culture to our country, some of us do certain things though dangerous just to fit to what westerners tried to bring in our country like what one of the speakers said about skin whitening. I was dissapointed to know that at the present time the influence of western countries was large enough that they could probably change our native culture...Like what the speakers said pagbabangong dangal was not just as easy as a snap of a finger. It would happen step by step and I presume that this would happen.
ReplyDeleteThe talk was very fun since I was not bored at all. The speakers were very knowledgeable of the topic being presented. They had fun activities but I was to sleepy during the the talk but I did not sleep. I was glad to take this course to further develop my psychological skills and awareness to my nation's problems. I want to make a difference, hopefully the research paper I would be doing for this class would impart something Filipino about it. I also hoped that this feeling of curiosity would not disappear but be modeled to something worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteI learned that there are different meanings for ever word,phrase or even sentence in every language given. It does not necessarily imply that when you translate some phrase to another language, they will have the same meaning. I also learned that we have incurred the"Kulelat Syndrome" since we lack something in further analyzing this field of psychology to develop. I also learned that psychology is free for all mentality. The subject of " Sikolohiyang Pilipino" is an everyday occurrence that dwells on peoples' experiences and life stories , of every Filipino. We like to share stories but we do not gossip, according to one of the speakers since we cite evidences for our stories and we have with us our psychology goodies from our General Psych class.
According to one of the speakers, there are several symptoms of Kulelat Syndrome”, examples are, “Nababaduyan sa pangalang tunog pinoy”,” Gusto Pumuti”. I don’t know but, I think, I have the syndrome, I find Filipino names “baduy “ and if I would be named one, I guess, I would find a way to change it. I can say social desirability is involved in this name change. I just think that “some” people will find Filipino names weird or funny thus; one can be a topic of interest or even bullied around.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the second statement, “Gusto pumuti”, I think I’m also guilty of this. I want to have a whiter complexion but, I also want a caramel bronze skin color. These two are my dream skin color but if I would be asked if I’m okay with my skin color, I would say yes. At one point in my life, I thought about my wishes or wants. From this, I was able to realize that asking for more makes one unhappy and sad. It is better to contented with what God has given and be happy about it. I also realized that there’s a truth in the saying “Everyone is special or beautiful in their own way.
PSSP?hmmm... I was really frustrated when I first knew that we have to attend a seminar on a Saturday, which is supposed to be my rest day. Aside from that i wasn’t even interested in the topic and i even heard that the reason why we were required to attend is because the lower batches who needs the talk more was so irresponsible that’s why the requirement was given to us.
ReplyDeleteDuring the talk my frustrations suddenly were gone because the topic was really interesting. It is as if i was hearing Sir Bobet talking in front because their views are somewhat the same as his and this views are also same as mine. I’ve really learned a lot for it is as if we are taking a whole semester topic of SP and I even regret not taking the elective last semester. The speakers really open the minds of Psychologists and i really hope that they would really be able to spread the word to all Psychology majors for it will really help us in doing our job better.
I hope that my teacher, who disagrees with us about studying the theories of coined by the western people, would here it so he will know that what we are learning in Psychology could still be applied to the Philippine context and that we are indeed needed by the Philippine society.
I really should have taken that course for it is interesting and it will really help in making my thesis relevant to the Philippine context which in return would fulfil my goal leaving a legacy to the Filipino Psychologists.
I learned a lot from the talk about SP (Sikolohiyang Pilipino). The speakers did not only persuade us to take SP but they also motivated us to learn to apply SP in other fields of psychology and even in our research. Sikolohiyang Pilipino is like a combination of different fields of psychology whether it came from other countries or from the Philippines. I think Sikolohiyang Pilipino is an interesting subject because Filipino Psychology Students like me can relate on its theories and ideas about psychology especially to Filipinos. It also teaches the students how to deal with other people whether you know the person or not. Emotions are very important in dealing with other people (according to Sikolohiyang Pilipino). Sikolohiyang Pilipino recounts with the culture and beliefs of the Filipinos.
ReplyDeleteThe second part of the talk was funny but meaningful. The speaker made the short talk enjoyable for the students. He relates the theories and ideology of foreign psychologists to Sikolohiyang Pilipino. He used the term “bag of psychology goodies” to label a situation, meaning if we studied Sikolohiyang Pilipino, we can learn many facts and ideas about psychology which we can use in a situation wherein we can also encounter in life.
The whole talk was very interesting but what I like the most is about the “Kulelat Syndrome” (Maggay, 1993). Ang Kulelat Syndromeay ay ang mga magkakaugnay na paniniwala na nagpapatibay na tayo ay may kakulangan (Maggay,1993). Based on my understanding (sorry but I’m not sure), Kulelat syndrome is the collection of how Filipino thinks when they are compared to the Westerners. Filipinos feel inferior when they are compared to Americans. They are inflicted by the virus of colonial mentality and patronize western products over their own Filipino products.
ReplyDeleteAfter hearing about the Kulelat sundrome, I felt half guilty because somehow, I think that way. I always prefer to buy American products when it comes to clothes and Japanese products for cosmetics. But when it comes to dishes, nothing beats the Philippine cuisine for me!
The seminar was a very fulfilling, enjoyable and fun. It is really true that those taking up Psychology now tend to know more facts and theories regarding Psychology in the English perspective and less or even none in the Filipino perspective. With this, people tend to misinterpret certain aspects and to not be socially and fully aware of important events ad things happening around us.
ReplyDeleteThe last part of the seminar made me listen very keenly since it was very applicable to our course requirement this semester and for our future Masterals. Positive Psychology should be considered in doing our thesis. In choosing a topic, it is good to recognize two things, its meaningfulness and Relevance. It is really much better if the chosen topic is meaningful to you so that not only it would make you enjoy but it would also be a great benefit for the people especially those involved and would want to use the thesis as a guide or reference in the future.
Making a thesis is a two way process where in the researcher and the subject communicates to make the research more meaningful and real. Relevance should also be taken notice of especially with the things happening around us. It is much better to see the effect or outcome from the people.
There are actually many topics to choose from especially when you dig it all up to the attitude and ways of Filipinos. It is fun to discover the why factors. If you love and enjoy the topic very much, there is a great guarantee that you would accomplish and create a meaningful and relevant research.