PHILIPPINE PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY

TOPIC OUTLINE NAME DESCRIPTION

i. Introduction Dr. Virgilio G. Enriquez - Doc E;
ii. The beginnings of Sikolohiyang Pilipino - Ama ng Sikolohiyang
□ “Sikolohiyang Pilipino” Pilipino;
iii. Men and women of Philippine psychology - Founder of the
iv. Additional information Pambansang Samahan
sa Sikolohiyang
INTRODUCTION Pilipino
“Sikolohiyang Pilipino” (Filipino psychology) refers to the -
psychology born out of the experience, thought and Dr. Agustin Alonzo - Obtained his Ph.D. in
orientation of the Filipinos, based on the full use of Filipino Experimental
culture and language. The approach is one of Psychology from the
‘‘indigenization from within’’ whereby the theoretical University of Chicago;
framework and methodology emerge from the experiences - Department of
of the people from the indigenous culture. It is based on Psychology was
assessing historical and socio-cultural realities, formed at the School
understanding the local language, unraveling Filipino of Education in the
characteristics, and explaining them through the eyes of the University of the
native Filipino. Among the outcomes are: a body of Philippines.
knowledge including indigenous concepts, development of Dr. Sinforoso Padilla - First psychological
indigenous research methods and indigenous personality clinic at the University
testing, new directions in teaching psychology, and an active of the Philippines;
participation in organizations among Filipino psychologists - First psychology major
and social scientists, both in the Philippines and overseas. from the
The beginnings of Sikolohiyang Pilipino (Filipino undergraduate to
psychology) doctoral level
 From the beginning of the periods when the Philippines Fr. Angel de Blas - First experimental
was colonized by Spain, and then the USA, academic psychological
psychology, or the psychology taught in schools, was laboratory in 1938 at
predominantly Western in theory and in methodology. the UST;
Many Filipino intellectuals, notably the two Philippine - Obtained his Ph.D. in
heroes Jose Rizal and Apolinario Mabini, expressed psychology from UST
dissatisfaction at the pejorative interpretations of - Became chairman of
Filipino behavior by Western observers. This the Department of
disenchantment continued as Filipinos struggled to Psychology (1930-
assert their national and cultural identity. 1954)
 In the 1960s, many Filipino intellectuals and scholars Dr. Jesus Perpinan - Far Eastern
were already sensitive both to the inadequacy as well as University's
the unfairness of the Western-oriented approaches to Psychological Clinic
psychology. - Obtained his Ph.D. in
WHAT IS SIKOLOHIYANG PILIPINO? Psychology from Iowa
 Sikolohiyang Pilipino is anchored on Filipino thought State University.
and experience as understood from a Filipino Dr. Elias Bumatay - Dean of Education of
perspective (Enriquez, 1975). The most important National University;
aspect of this definition is the Filipino orientation. For Ph.D. in Educational
centuries, Filipino behavior has been analyzed and - Psychology from the
interpreted in the light of Western theories. Since these University of Texas
theories are inevitably culture-bound, the picture of the Dr. Jaime Zaguirre - First Neuropsychiatry
Filipino has been inaccurate, if not distorted. Enriquez Department at V. Luna
(1985) later defined Sikolohiyang Pilipino as ‘‘the study General Hospital
of diwa (‘psyche’), which in Filipino directly refers to Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim - Proponent of the
the wealth of ideas referred to by the philosophical psychology program at
concept of ‘essence’ and an entire Philippine Women's
 University;
 - First Filipina to
receive a Ph.D. in
range of psychological concepts from awareness to
clinical psychology
motives to behavior’’
from the University of
Michigan.
MEN AND WOMEN OF PHILIPPINE Dr. Alfredo Lagmay - Chairman of the UP
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 PHILIPPINE PSYCHOLOGY
for 2 years Psychology
Department;
- Ph.D. in Experimental
Psychology at Harvard
University
Dr. Mariano Obias - 1st Filipino receive a
Ph.D. in comparative
physiological
psychology from
Stanford University.
Fr. Jaime Bulatao - Established the
Department of
Psychology at the
Ateneo de Manila
University
Dr. Alfredo Lagmay, Prof. - 1st board of directors
Abasolo Domingo, Dr. of PAP
Asuncion Meterina-
Austria,
and Dr. Aurora Minoza

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 Institute for Human Relations - train, on extensive

scale, teachers in guidance and counseling in the
schools
 Philippine Psychological Corporation - 1961;
psychological test materials
 Psychological Association of the Philippines -
1963; first association exclusively for
psychologists
 1974 - University of the Philippines began its
Ph.D. program with concentration on
experimental, social, or clinical psychology.
 1982 - UP awarded five Ph.D. degrees in
psychology related to experimental, social, and
clinical psychology.

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