MODULE 1

DEFINING THE SELF: PERSONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL

PERSPECTIVES ON SELF AND IDENTITY

LESSON IV
The Self in the Western and Eastern Thoughts

ACTIVITY 1: Planets Having Two Sides Activities

List down 10 differences between Western and Eastern society, culture,

and
individuals in terms of their practices, beliefs and cultures. Write it on the table
below.

Western Eastern
1. People are traditional and conservative Eastern culture place a higher value on family
and elders
2. Woman may have a more prominent Marriage that are arranged are quite
position in society prevalent
3. People here are less conservative and People are traditional and conservative
traditional than those in the east
4. Love marriage are extremely common It is possible that one’s freedom will be limited
5. People in the west have more freedom than People can communicate their feelings in a
those on the east variety of ways
6. Individualism is valued in the west It is possible that women will be required to
play a traditional role
7. Western societies are more egalitarian than The hierarchical structure of Eastern cultures
those of the East. is common
8. Children raised in Western culture are East Asian tradition It's a lot more focused on
encouraged to become self-sufficient as the family, and family always comes first.
soon as feasible.
9. In comparison to Eastern culture, Western Religion and social norms are important in
culture is more liberal. Eastern culture.
10. Western countries have more freedom and Eastern Countries make a decision as a group
flexibility in making decisions on their own. after consulting with their own families.
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DEFINING THE SELF: PERSONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
PERSPECTIVES ON SELF AND IDENTITY

LESSON IV
The Self in the Western and Eastern Thoughts

Activity 2: Draw & Describe being a Filipino.

Draw a thing here that will describe yourself that will represent you as a
Filipino in this time of pandemic and explain why?

I describe myself as a book sometimes useful and sometimes useless.

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DEFINING THE SELF: PERSONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
PERSPECTIVES ON SELF AND IDENTITY

LESSON IV
The Self in the Western and Eastern Thoughts

ANALYSIS

1. Are you agreeable with the distinction between the Western and
Eastern World? Explain.

YES, I agree that the east and west have distinct characteristics. They all have their own distinct
cultures that are immediately distinguishable. The west, for example, seeks intellect and
information, whereas the east prioritizes being one with nature.

The spiritual life, as well as its connection to our humanity, is given higher weight in the east. On the
other side, the western world is more interested with scientific explanations.

2. What place in the Philippines you find this distinction or differences?

Can you list at least five (5) of this places.

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3. Identify this components or factors that makes the Philippines similar

with it’s neighboring Asian Countries?

On the eastern margin of the Asiatic Mediterranean, the Philippines is located in Southeast Asia. The
South China Sea borders it on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sulu and Celebes Seas on the
south, and the North Pacific Ocean on the north.
4. Compare how the covid19 pandemic was being dealt by different Asian and
Western Countries?

Coronavirus infections in Malaysia, like the rest of the world, began to rise in early March and
finally reached 8,800. Daily caseload had dropped to roughly 10 to 20 by early June, and they have
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in June, they soared to some of the highest levels ever seen in the
country.
Sad, because I feel so useless in doing things in some parts that I can’t explain then there’s this
thing where I overthink on something then think what I did wrong all the time then thinking to
give up already. Some of the time I feel useful because some people ask me questions like they
need me.