The various cultural influences in the country has made it a place of interest for social scientists and through studies over the years regarding Filipino culture and way of life, Philippine Psychology has emerged.

They have a pilosopo or philosophical nature they have plenty of myths and folktales that are applied to their everyday lives they have many sayings that describe their way of life such as nasa tao ang gawa, nasa Diyos ang awa and means that people will do the work and everything is then left to God’s mercy and have values such as family closeness, openness to nature, kasi (because) alliby, and bahala na (come what may) attitude (Macaranas, 2008). They are also the only dominant Catholic nation in Asia and their values reflect the influences that have been brought upon them. The Filipino people are very friendly, hospitable and conservative people. The Filipino people are therefore of a mix of mostly Malay (brown skin), Chinese, Spanish, American, Arab or Indian decent and the Chinese are the biggest ethnic race in the country (US Department of State, n.d.). During these times, different cultural influences have been absorbed by the inhabitants from their colonizers and from those who have traded with them, particularly the Chinese, Indians and Arabs. The Philippines is a country that has been occupied for more than 300 years by the Spaniards, 50 years by the Americans and three years by the Japanese. Those who have different cultures and way of life from the Western countries have different ways of thinking and act differently, hence, they may have their own psychology. Their theories, concepts and ideas, however, also reflect the everyday thinking, behavior and way of life of those in the Western countries. The human mind and behavior has always been an interest for many scientists and most of what we know about psychology today came from the Western thinking of Freud, Maslow, Adler, Bandura, Pavlov, Jung and many more. Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Developing Philippine Psychology Argumentative Essay

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