Understanding The Filipino Character

In 1988, a study was made by educators and social scientists about Filipino character.

What is the name of the study?

• A Moral Unrecovered Program

• An Immoral Recovery Program

• A Moral Recovery Program

This is a kind of Filipino strength is a source of personal identity, emotional and material support and one’s main commitment and responsibility.

• Pakikipagkapwa-tao

• Family Orientation

• Faith and religiosity

A Filipino strength that most of Filipinos believe that God is always with them.

• Joy and Humor

• Faith and Religiosity

• Family Orientation

Filipinos are happy and cheerful people.

• Hard work and Industry

• Faith and Religiosity

• Joy and Humor

A Filipino strength that they know how to overcome poverty and illiteracy with limited resources.

• Flexibility, Adaptability, and Creativity

• Ability to Survive

• Faith and Religiosity

Filipinos tend to disregard and disobey rules and procedures, and hope they won’t be caught.

• Lack of Discipline

• Extreme Personalism

• Colonial Mentality

Kanya-kanya syndrome is also known/offshoot as ______________.

• Colonial mentality

• Crab mentality

• ningas-kugon mentality

This mentality is deeply rooted on the society.

Some Filipinos love anything imported.

• Colonial Mentality

• Crab Mentality

• Ningas-kugon Mentality

This is also known as Ningas-kugon mentality. The interests die/stop very quickly.

• Lack of Self-Analysis

• Passitivity and Lack of Initiative

• Extreme Personalism

This weakness illustrates the palakasan system, which means having things done in a shorter time because one knows a powerful person to do so.

• Extreme Personalism

• Lack of Discipline

• Lack of Self-Analysis