College of Social Work

Sacred Heart College

Lucena City

Course Title
Professor
Academic Year
Pre-requisite

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Social Work and the Filipino Personality

Mrs. Anibel A. Cayabat
2011-2012
General Psychology

Course Description
This course deals with concepts, theories and indigenous perspective in understanding Filipino personality / behavior and
values. It also includes personal experience related to Filipino orientation and culture. The concepts of Sikolohiyang Filipino
will be introduced in relation to social work practice.
Course Objectives:

At the end of the course the students are expected to:

1. Have a critical understanding of the cultural-socio-psychological factors affecting Filipino behavior.

2. Understand the multi-client social system that social work deals given the various approaches of psychology.
3. Study comprehensively the Filipino Family as basis in understanding Philippine society and Filipino personality.
4. Identify how family patterns and experiences affect and influence families.
5. Identify social realities confronting the Filipino family in different setting.
6. Understand the different personality theories and concepts in understanding the nature of Filipino clients.
7. Assess own behavior pattern /attitudes and
be willing to work for transformation.
8. Accept own family pattern and experiences and be able to integrate it to everyday life challenges.
9. Appreciate Filipino culture and values deeply.
10. Develop a free will to change and modify adapted undesirable socio-cultural patterns regardless of the risk and price.
11. Demonstrate the concepts and theories learned regarding social environment and how it influence human behavior
12. Translate the social work role in the transformative process of understanding the dynamics of Filipino Family.
13. Living out of the Filipino values and culture very consciously.
14. Dynamic interpretation and appreciation of Filipino culture and values.

Specific
Objectives

Learning Content

To discuss the Concepts and Theories

historical
of Human behavior
background of
psychology
Historical background
of psychology
To identify
and understand Filipino behavior and
the four
culture in relation
forces in
to social work
psychology
practice
-

To understand human
growth
and
development
(from a biophysiological, social,
psychological,
Spiritual
moral
framework)

Learning
Time
Activities/ Allotment
Strategies
(Weeks 1
18)
Lecturediscussion

1-2

Student
sharing of
personal
insights

Values to be
Infused

Attentiveness

Alfred Adler:
Individual
psychology

Resource/
Reference

Ability to understand
the different forces of
psychology and its role
in human behavior

FlorentinoT.
Timbreza
Filipino
Values
Today,
National
Book
Store,
Mandaluyong City,
2003

cooperation

Evaluation

Asking
questions to
students
Quiz

Calvin S. Hall et
al., Theories of
Personality John
Wiley and
Sons
inc. 1998

Sigmund Freud:
classical
psychoanalytic
Theory

Erik Erickson:
Psychosocial
Stages of
Development

Competencies to be
developed

Interactive
discussion
Sharing of
ideas
Small group
discussion
Sharing of
personal
experiences

3-4
Appreciative
to all to all
the theories
introduce
Attentiveness

Commitment
2

Jess
Feist
Gregory
J.
Feist
,TheoriesTheories
of
personality
Mcgraw
Hill
Companies
Inc.
2009
Capacity to integrate Calvin S. Hall et
personal experience on al., Theories of
different developmental Personality John
stages
Wiley and
Sons
inc. 1998
Ability to identify and
analyze
patterns
of
family
dynamics
and
processes and how they
affect its members.

Jess
Feist
Gregory
J.
Feist
.,
TheoriesTheories
of
personality
Mcgraw
Hill
Companies
Inc.

Asking
questions
students
Quiz

Long exam

2009
Specific
Objectives

Learning Content

To understand
human growth
and
development
(from a biophysiological,
social,
psychological,
Spiritual
moral
framework)
To understand
human growth
and
development
(from a biophysiological,
social,
psychological,
Spiritual
moral
framework)
-

At the end of
the week, the
students
are
expected
to have:

Carl Jung Analytic

Theory

Learning
Time
Activities/ Allotment
Strategies
(Weeks 1
18)
Individual
reporting

Values to be
Infused

Competencies to be
developed

Resource/
Reference

CoCapacity
to
analyze
responsibility clients
behavior in
the
context
of
Philippine cultures

Evaluation

Quiz
Class
participation
Mastery of
topics
assigned

PRELIMINARY EXAMINTION
7-10
Ability to apply the
different theories of
Human
behavior
in
understanding/assessing
the
Pilipino
personality

Karen Horney :
Social
Psychological
Theory
Behaviorism
John B. Watson:
Founded
behaviorism

Jess
Feist
Gregory
J.
Feist
.,
TheoriesTheories
of
personality
Mcgraw
Hill
Companies
Inc.
2009

Ivan Pavlovs
discovery and
influence on
behaviorism
B.F. Skinner:
Watsons position
on nature vs.
nurture
social

Calvin S. Hall et
al., Theories of
Personality John
Wiley and
Sons
inc. 1998

Individual
reporting

11

Attentiveness
Cooperation
Solidarity
3

Capacity to understand
social
realities
affecting
the
individual
,family,
groups and community

Calvin S. Hall et
al., Theories of
Personality John
Wiley and
Sons
inc. 1998

Quiz
Validation of
students
understanding

Specific
Objectives
-

Understand
human
growth and
development
(from a
biophysiologic
al, social,
psychologic
al,
Spiritual
moral
framework)

Learning Content

learning

Albert Bandura:
observational /
Learning

Learning
Time
Activities/ Allotment
Strategies
(Weeks 1
18)

Values to be
Infused

Competencies to be
developed

Resource/
Reference

Evaluation

Selfconfidence

functioning

Jess
Feist
Gregory
J.
Feist
.,
TheoriesTheories
of
personality
Mcgraw
Hill
Companies
Inc.
2009

through
asking
questions

Ability to Apply basic

understanding
of the
forms and mechanisms of
oppression
and
discrimination

Tomas
D.
Andres/Pilar
B.
Ilada-Andres
Understanding
the
Filipino,
New
Day
Publishers,
Quezon City 1987

Quiz

cognitive and moral

development

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
-

Understand
human
growth and
development
(from a
biophysiologic
al, social,
psychologic
al,
Spiritual
moral
framework)

Jean Piaget:
Stages of
cognitive
development
Lawrence Kohlberg
Moral Development
Carol Giligan
Giligans views

Class
discussion
Individual
reporting
Class
discussion

13

Attentiveness
Cooperation
Solidarity
Selfconfidence

Justice vs. care

orientation
Integrative
development of men
and women
Lies about what
means to

Dr. Tomas Quintin

Donato
Andres
Philippine
Values Digest :
The Journal for
Value
Education
Volume 1 N0. 2
Jess Feist
Gregory J.
Feist
.TheoriesTheories
of personality

Validation of
students
understanding
through
asking
questions

Mcgraw Hill
Companies Inc.
2009
Specific
Objectives

Learning Content

To understand
human growth
and
development
(from a biophysiological,
social,
psychological,
Spiritual
moral
framework)

Learning
Time
Activities/ Allotment
Strategies
(Weeks 1
18)

Values to be
Infused

Competencies to be
developed

Resource/
Reference

Evaluation

Application
and
understanding of social
processes
and social
structures in working
with
collectivity of
people

Dolores
Recto/Merle
F.
Mejico/Cora
A.Aonuevo
Human
Behavior:
From
the
Discipline
of
Anthropolgy
Psychology
and
Sociology
Books
Atbp. Publishing
Corp. Mandaluyong
City 2004

Quiz

be a man
What men really
need to know
Morality
Feminist view of
morality

- Humanism and
existentialism
- Abraham Maslow:
- Hierarchy of needs
- Carl Rogers: PersonCentered Theory/
Rogerian
Personality Theory
- Maslows Hierarchy
of Needs
- Self or self
actualization
- Self concept
- Ideal self
To understand
- Three levels of
human growth
awareness
and
- Psychotherapy
development
(from a bio- SevenCharacteristics
physiological,
of psychologically
social,
healthy
psychological,
individuals
Spiritual
moral
framework)

14-17
Individual
reporting

Mastery of
topics
(theories)

Discussion

Individual
discussion
Review

Confidence
Trust in
oneself

Critical application of
different theories.
Calvin S. Hall et
al., Theories of
Personality John
Wiley and
Sons
inc. 1998
Jess
Feist
Gregory
J.
Feist ., Theories
of
personality
Mcgraw
Hill

Long quiz

Oral
recitation

Long Exam

Companies
2009

FINAL EXAMINATION
REQUIREMENTS:
Submission of individual report/critique paper and active participation in class discussion
GRADING SYSTEM
Quizzes
Major Examination
Class Standing
Assignment/ Project
Participation
Behavior
Attendance

35%
25%
25%
15%

33.33%
33.33%
33.34%

Prepared by:
Mrs. ANIBEL CAYABAT
Professor

Inc.