Filipino psychology, known in Filipino as Sikolohiyang Pilipino, is the psychological and philosophical school rooted in the experience, ideas and cultural orientation of the Filipino people. It was formally established in 1975 through the Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, the National Association for Filipino Psychology, under the leadership of its founding figure Virgilio Enriquez. The movement responds to what its practitioners call colonial psychology, the dominance of Western psychological frameworks in Philippine academia, and it concentrates on themes including identity, national consciousness, social awareness and community involvement, applying indigenous psychological concepts across domains such as religion, mass media and healthcare. Rather than rejecting foreign scholarship outright, Filipino psychology seeks integration through two processes of indigenization: searching for local equivalents to established psychological concepts, and deriving psychological knowledge directly from Filipino culture through what the field calls cultural revalidation.
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Central QuestionFilipino psychology is described as a largely postcolonial and liberation psychology, rooted in the experience, ideas and cultural orientation of the Filipino people. 1 Key DebateThere is an ongoing debate over the make up of Philippine culture, because this will generally determine whether Philippine Psychology is placed under the realms of Asian psychology or Eastern psychology. 1 Sources
1. Filipino psychology, Wikipedia
Basic orientation and context section, opening definition
Filipino Psychology is described as largely postcolonial and as a liberation psychology.
Basic orientation and context section, culture debate passage
there is an ongoing debate on the make-up of Philippine culture, because this will generally determine whether Philippine Psychology is to be placed under the realms of either Asian psychology or Eastern psychology.
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