2 - Indigenous Approaches & Methods in Fil Psych

• Pakikipagkuwentuhan

• Panunuluyan

• Pagdalaw-dalaw

• Pagtatanong-tanong

• Pakikiramdam

• Pakapakapa

What are the Approaches & Methods in Filipino Psychology

Kalahok

In Filipino Psychology, the subjects or participants, called _____, are considered as equal in status to the researcher.

Umpukan

An ______, or natural cluster, required to serve as participants

Tulay (bridge)

who is a part of the Umpukan and is well respected man in the community

Pakikipagkuwentuhan

in this method, the researcher engages in a story telling with an Umpukan.

• researcher serves as facilitator, while KALAHOK are the one who talks

Cuento

The term kuwento came from the Spanish word_____, which means “to tell a story”

Panunuluyan

In this method, the researcher stays in the home of his kalahok while he conducts the research with consent by the host family, whose head serves as the tulay to an umpukan

Tuloy

The term _____, root word for the term panunuluyan, means to go in

Pagdalawdalaw

In this method, the researcher occasionally visits the house of his host as opposes to stay in the house

Pagtatanong-tanong

In this method, the researcher undergoes a kind of questioning session with his kalahok / participants

lead questions

In the Pagtatanong-tanong, _____ ( thise questions which directly refer to the topic being studied) are NOT to be asked, instead the questions to be asked are derived from the kalahok’s answers themselves

Tanong

The word ____ means question

Pakikiramdam

The researcher uses entirely his own feelings or emotions to justify if his participants/kalahok are ready to be part of his research or not

Damdam

The term ____ means “inner perception of emotions”

Pakapakapa

The researchers uses “groping” or a mixture of feelings as well as circumstances, to justify his intrusion into the life of his kalahok.

Kapa

Means to grope in the dark