THE

DEVELOPMENT
OF A FILIPINO Mr. Jherome L.
Sarona, LPT
INDIGENOUS
PSYCHOLOGY
VIRGILIO G.
ENRIQUEZ
▪ Father of Filipino
Psychology
▪ Ama ng Sikolohiyang
Pilipino
▪ Founder of
Pambansang Samahan
ng Sikolohiyang Pilipino
 Emerge from the experiences of
the people from the indigenous
culture.

INDIGENIZATION
FROM WITHIN:
The study of DIWA/PSYCHE:
wealth of ideas referred to by the
philosophical concept of essence
and an entire range of
psychological concepts from
awareness to motives to behavior.
 The psychology born out of
the experience, thought
and orientations of
Filipinos
INDIGENIZATION
FROM WITHIN:
Anchored on Filipino
thought and
experiences as understood
from a Filipino perspective.
 ▪ZEUS SALAZAR: a
historian and later
he examined the
FOUR (4) history of SP and
FILIATIONS OF came up with
SIKO PIL a description of the
four filiations of
Philippine psychology:
 FOUR (4) FILIATIONS
OF SIKO PIL
(1) THE ACADEMIC-
SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY
: coincide with the birth
of scientific psychology and
entry of Western psychology
at Philippine universities
(2) ACADEMIC-
PHILOSOPHICAL
PSYCHOLOGY: was pursued by
the UST and later other schools
of higher learning, under
the leadership of individual
monks and preachers and the
Jesuits. The study of psychology
as an aspect of philosophy
continued in the tradition of
Thomistic philosophy and
psychology.
 (3) ETHNIC PSYCHOLOGY:
major basis of SP for
integrating Academic-
Scientific and Academic-
FOUR (4) Philosophical tradition into a
national tradition of
FILIATIONS OF Psychology and Philosophy.
SIKO PIL This includes indigenous
psychology, psychology
of Filipinos & practice of
psychology by Filipinos
(4) PSYCHO-MEDICAL
SYSTEM with religion as
cohesive element and
explanation.
 Indigenous
Psychology

Cross-Cultural
Volkerpsychologie
Psychology

Cultural-
Ethnopsychology
Psychology
Defined by Kim and Berry (1993) as “the scientific
study of human behavior or mind that is native,
that is not transported from other regions, and
that is designed for its people.” Indigenous
psychology generally advocates examining
knowledge, skills and beliefs people have about
themselves and studying them in their natural
contexts.
CROSS-CULTURAL
PSYCHOLOGY
The scientific study of
human behavior and
mental processes,
including both their
variability and
invariance, under
diverse cultural
conditions.
The study of how psychological
and behavioral tendencies are
rooted in and embodied
in culture. The main tenet of
cultural psychology is that
mind and culture are
inseparable and mutually
constitutive, meaning that
people are shaped by
their culture and their culture is
also shaped by them.
 The scientific study
of psychological
concepts as they
ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY exist across
different ethnic
groups.
 Völkerpsychologie is a
method of psychology
that was discovered in the
1800s by the famous
psychologist,Wilhelm
VOLKERPSYCHOLOGIE Wundt.
• Comes from the German culture.
The derivative Volk, a German
word, refers to “people, nation,
tribe, or race”.
 1. Changes in developing
countries in the 1970s
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION:
6 SOURCES
stimulated endogenous and
OF INFLUENCE ON THE indigenous rethinking about
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL their social and economic
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES: conditions by social and
behavioral scientists;
 2. Their dissatisfaction
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION: with what they had
6 SOURCES learned from Western
OF INFLUENCE ON THE disciplines for solving
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES: problems of their
homelands;
 3. Their growing
dissatisfaction with the
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION:
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unquestioned, imitative,
OF INFLUENCE ON THE and explicative nature of
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL psychological research
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES: that is deeply rooted in
Western psychology;
 4. Self-reflection on
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION:
their own social and
6 SOURCES cultural characteristics
OF INFLUENCE ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL
that were beyond
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES: Western psychological
construction;
 5. The awareness by some
Western psychologists
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION: that the nature of
6 SOURCES psychology was
OF INFLUENCE ON THE ‘monocultural,’ ‘Euro-
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES: American,’ and
‘indigenous psychology
of the West’; and
 6. The parochial and
insular stands of
GLOBAL INDIGENIZATION: Western psychology,
6 SOURCES
OF INFLUENCE ON THE which disregarded the
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL interests and research
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGIES:
done in other countries
and languages.
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