SIKOLOHIYANG PILIPINO

AND FILIPINO VALUES

1.Your teacher visited you in your
house. In which part of the house
would you entertain your teacher?
Would you treat him or her formally
as if you were in the classroom?Would
you offer refreshments? Justify your
answer.
2.Your childhood friend visited you in
your house would you entertain him or
her? Would you treat him or her
formally? Would you invite him or her
to join in your family dinner?Justify
your answers.
3.Between your teacher and your
childhood friend, whom you consider
as ibang tao? As hindi ibang tao? Can
you say that the more you allow your
visitors to enter the house (such as
your bedroom), the more it reflects
your close relationship with that
person and vice- versa.
SIKOLOHIYANG FILIPINO- indigenous psychology is
defined as psychology that is rooted on the
experience, ideas, and cultural orientation of the
Filipinos.
-during the 35th Sikolohiyang Pilipino conference
held at the University of the Philippines, Baguio in
Nov 2010, Filipino psychologist learned that foreign
psychologists have been using Sikolohiyang Pilipino
as a tool for psychology
-United Nation Childrens Fund (UNICEF) has
adopted Sikolohiyang Filipino as a program
framework in reaching out its program
UNICEF discovered the importance of knowing
and understanding the culture, indigenous
identity, and the environment of the people the
organization is helping, to aid in carrying out its
program.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1970- a group of eminent academicians, Virgilio
G. Enriquez for psychology, Prospero R. Covar
for anthropology, and Zeus A. Salazar for history,
pioneered the use of Filipino perspective in the
social sciences. Together they developed a
Filipino perspective and methodology to the
study of Philippine society and culture, to be
carried out in the midst of the dominance of
western perspective especially in the study of
Social Science.
- The implementation of Martial Law by former
president Ferdinand E. Marcos, which was a
time that promoted a Philippine nationalist
direction, was regarded as an impetus that
motivated the discovery of the “Filipino
Identity”
- To heed the call of this challenge, a subject
named Sikolohiyang Pilipino was offered in the
Department of Psychology in the University of
the Philippines in the 1970, along with the
founding of an organization known as
Pambansang Samahan ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino
 Pantayong Sikolohiya Pilipinolo-
Pananaw ng Pilipino hiya
Psychology Anthropology
Discipline History

Dr. Zeus Dr. Virgilio Dr. Prospero

Proponent Salazar Enriquez Covar

Key Concept bayan kapwa tao

Key Concepts in Understanding Sikolohiyang
Pilipino
*Kapuwa is a vital concept in Sikolohiyang
Pilipino.The term kapuwa is very different from
its English counterparts since it connotes “unity
of the self and others”.Kapuwa means extention
of the self. The ako(ego) and the iba sa akin
(others) are one.
*Pakikipagkapwa-is both a paninindigan and a
value, it means accepting and dealing with the
other person as equal.
Pakikisama-a form of pakikisalamuha and
connotes conformity even to social evils such as
corruption.
Levels of Interactions based on Pakikipagkapwa
8.Pakikiisa-(being one with)
7.Pakikisangkot(getting involved with)
6Pakikipagpalagayang loob(being in
rapport/understanding/acceptance with)
5.Pakikisama-(being along with)
4.Pakikibagay(in conformity with/ in accord
with)
3.pakikilahok(joining/ participating with)
2Pakikisalamuha(interaction with)
1.Pakikitungo(transaction/civility with)