Download Understanding Filipino Culture: Norms, Beliefs, and Practices and more Essays (high school) History in PDF only on Docsity! NORMS, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES Assignment #1 Name Cruz, Kate Nicole G. Section 1B1-2NC BS PSYCHOLOGY Date 09-02-22 Professor Mr. Glenmark Villanueva CITI GLOBAL COLLEGE NORMS, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES Assignment #1 INSTRUCTIONS: Provide an example for every characteristics of culture. The examples must feature norms, beliefs, practices or scenarios in the Filipino culture. Limit your answers to one paragraph per item only. (5 points each) 1 Culture is learned. We learn everything about our culture from parents, peers, media, and other socializing institutions. It includes values, attitudes, world views, language, etc. For example, we are taught to use “po” and “opo” when we talk to someone who is older than us. The “pagmamano” is also an example of it because elders told us that it is a sign of respect. Even with different cultures, norms, and practices of other people when we are visiting a certain place or community that we are not part of, the people there will teach you their culture, norms, and practices or why they do such things and we will do it because we respect them. 2 Culture is shared. People in a society share common behaviors and ways of thinking. For example, almost all people living in the Philippines share the Filipino language, dress in similar styles, eat many of the same foods, and celebrate many of the same holidays. Another example, the indigenious people share the same culture, norms, and practices. When we went to Cordillera for a short Christmas vacation, I saw many members of the tribe lining up. It is because up until now many indigenious communities in remote areas are devoid of access to medical facilities and doctors who can help them in emergency situations. Thus, they turn to indigenious rituals to protect them against illnesses. This culture is also known as tengao, teer, tolod di anged, or sedey. 3 Culture is based on symbols. A symbol can only have meaning if everyone in the group understands what it means. Let's take the Catholic religion as an example, they share the same beliefs and symbols. Example is the Holy Rosary that they use when they are praying. It is believed that the rosary symbolizes focus, guidance, goodness, and light. Another example is the Sto. Niño, it is believed that it symbolizes the whole mystery of the childhood of Jesus Christ as an example of humility. Here in our barangay, they usually parade their Sto. Niño’s after being blessed by the priest's mass every 20th day of January. Another example is the Seventh Day Adventist Religion, they do not eat pork because they set to believe that pork is unsafe and it so happened that God through Moses had forbidden pork in the Old Testament. 4 Culture is integrated. In my own understanding of this characteristic of culture, it is defined as a form of cultural exchange. It happens when one person or group adapts to the practices and beliefs of another group without sacrificing their own. As I remember during our UCSP subject, it is also called multicultural society. Example is when a "probinsyano/a" migrates to Manila to study for college, maybe the culture that she/he learned in their province is they do not use spoon or fork, he/she might adapt the norms of the people living in Manila using utensils when they
