Personality

Psychology 1
Dr. Jay A. Garcia
Professor
Personality

• Is often used in everyday conversation.

People put high premium on the “good” or
“pleasing” personality.
• Definition of personality have been
classified in many ways: Omnibus,
Integrative, Totality, Adjustment.
• Omnibus – such as his interest, abilities &
habits.
• Integrative – incorporate the various
characteristics of the individual.
• Totality – emphasize the integration of the
various aspects that make up personality not
individual component parts.
• Adjustments – emphasize the person’s
characteristic patterns of adjustment.
Approaches in Viewing Personality

1. Psychoanalytic Model
2. Behavioristic Model
3. Humanistic Model
4. Existential Model
Elements of Personality

1. Levels of personality
2. Characteristics of Personality
3. Psychological core
4. Frame of reference
5. Structural elements
The Filipino Personality

• We live in a period where there seems to

be an accentuated search for the Filipino
identity. Who is the Filipino?
Studies of Filipino Personality Traits
Using Traditional Tools
• Bahala na
• Smooth interpersonal relations (SIR)
The Filipino Personality in Filipino
Traditions
• Manana habit • Subsistence
• Ningas Cogon • Amoral familism
• Utang na Loob • Compadre System
• Hiya • Concept of success &
• Hospitality failure
• Pervasive sense of • Submissiveness
Inferiority • Amor propio
• Leveling
The Filipino Personality as seen in
Various Media
• The Filipino & Food
• The Filipino Literature
– Drama
– Ilocano Literature
– Tausug Literature
– Bicol Literature
The Filipino Personality as seen in
Various Media
• The Filipino Drama, Radio & Television
• The Filipino in Music
• The Filipino in Visual Arts
• The Filipino in His Religion
• The Filipino & Sex