THE POLITICAL SELF

Understanding the Self

BSED – ENGLISH 1C

GROUP 5
Monisit, Anjaylou
Montemar, Anna Maria
Pabustan, Samantha May
Pepito, Athena Lou

Political Self explores how our social and economic contexts profoundly affect our mental health and
well-being, and how modern neuroscientific and psychodynamic research can both contribute to enrich
our understanding of these wider discussions.
Political Self is associated with Social Learning Theory because it is shaped and developed first at home
where children were given rules to follow. Parents should establish authority towards their kids to
develop the political self.

POLITICS
 Derived from the word Greek word Politika, which is also etymologically defined as affairs of
the Cities
 A process of making decisions that applies to all members of a group. It is the ability to govern
and control a group of people in a community, state, or Nation. It can be inferred from this new
that a person’s ability to influence others by making decisions for them is one of the essential
qualities in one’s political self.
CITIZENSHIP
 Basic identification of an individual in a nation

According to Aristotle, “man is by nature a political self” which indicates the rules and costums are in
place to govern us. We conduct ourselves in accordance with the country’s or community’s laws by
acting, and behaving in a manner that is appropriate.

HOW CAN PEOPLE BE INFLUENCED BY OTHERS?

 In 1955, they are the people who studied and analyzed the motives of social influence and
determine the two types of it.
 Normative Influence – a type of social influence that is based on conforming to the
positive expectations of others.
 Informational Influence – a type of influence based on accepting the information obtained
from others as evidence of reality.

DO YOU KNOW THAT AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF POLITICS IS THE CAPACITY TO

INFLUENCE AND LEAD THE GROUP?

 Leadership, according to Myers, is the process by which certain group members motivate and
guide the group.
 Leadership style is a pattern of leadership behavior that is repeatedly shown as evident across a
variety of situations.
LEADERSHIP STYLE CLASSIFICATION

 Autocratic Leadership (also known as Authoritarian Leadership)

 It is a leadership style characterized by individual control over-all decisions and little
input from the group members.
  Democratic Leadership (also known as Participative Leadership or Shared Leadership)
 It is a leadership style in which members of a group take a more participative role in the
decision-making process.
 Laissez-Faire Leadership
 Let go or let it be, this is the term of laissez-fair means when translated. Laissez-faire
leaders have an attitude of trust and reliance on their people. They do not macro manage
or get too involved.

Open State Technology (OST) – is an approach to purpose-driven leadership that initially has no formal
agenda, but eventually leads to a specific or important purpose or task.
PRINCIPLES OF OST
1. Whoever comes are the right people.
2. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened.
3. Whenever it starts is the right time.
4. When it’s over, it’s over.

ORIGIN OF POLITICAL SELF

 Family
 School
 Church
 Peers
 Mass Media
 Democracy

DEVELOPING A FILIPINO IDENTITY

(values, traits, community, and institutional factors)

Every Filipino has his/her own identity very much different form other nationalities. His/Her values,
traits, community life, are the ones that will stand out from the rest of the people.

 Filipinos have shared sense of identity and consciousness of the other or pakikipagkapwa-tao
 Filipinos are also known for their trait of having the ability to find joy and humor despite the
complex realities of life.
 Filipinos are known for their flexibility, adaptability, and creativity—this is referred to as
“diskarte”
 They learned to become resilient and acquired a good ability to survive.

Values are universally recognized as driving force in ethical decision-making. The Filipino value system
or Filipino values refers to the set of values or the value system that a majority of the Filipinos have.
Filipino values are centered at maintaining social economy, motivated primarily by the desire to be
accepted within a group.

STRENGTHS OF FILIPINO TRAITS

 family-oriented
 pakikipagkapwa-tao
 flexibility, adaptability, and creativity
 optimism and positivity
 ability to survive
 hard work and industry
 hospitality
 faith and religious

Filipino Culture
  is the use of “po” and “opo” which in most places in the Philippines is a sign of respect.
 mano or pagmamano is an honoring gesture used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of
respect to elders and as a way of requesting a blessing from the elders.

POSITIVE TRAITS OF FILIPINOS

 bayanihan system
 a certain task is effectively and easily completed if everybody shares his/her time, effort,
and money to expedite the completion of a task.
 Pakikiramay
 sympathic attitude to another person and it is emphasized by the statement “di ka nag-
iisa”
 close family ties
 values family so much that they tend to keep families intact through generations
 optimism
 Filipinos stay positive even in the most troublesome situations
 faith and religious
 families go to church and pray together because their religion is important and creates a
strong bond, marking God as the center of their lives
 flexibility
 Filipinos are good at adapting changes and being resilient in whatever circumstances
comes along their way.
 hospitality
 offers warm welcome and always offer food to a guest or to anyone
 respect for elders
 by using “po” or “opo” and doing pagmamano
 strong work ethic
 Filipinos earn so little but they still work very hard even without much compensation.

NEGATIVE TRAITS OF FILIPINOS

 “bahala na” attitude

 A habit that instead of doing something to make things happen, we tend to jut leave the
outcome to whatever that could happen—"come what may”—we say.
 passivity
 lacks of initiative which is one of the reason why our country does not progress; Filipinos
keep on complaining against government and their societal issues
 lack of discipline
 disregarding the rules and regulations in order to prioritize what they want
 living beyond their means
 one of the reasons why Filipinos live in poverty is because of overspending
 gossiping
 fond of talking about others’ business; tend to be twisted until the final story becomes too
far from the original
 manyana habits
 instead of working on a task while there is much time, we wait for the deadline because
we feel lazy to start on them, or we want to use the time in other things.
 kanya-kanya attitude
 Filipino time
 tolerates tardiness
 crab mentality
 some of us Filipinos who got a bitter view at competition – that "if I cannot win, then no
one will.” Makes ways to pull them down like discourage them from taking great
opportunities.
 ningas cogon
 doing excellent at first, however, after a fewhours or days, we lose the excitement and we
become too lazy to finish what we have started