USC Social Psychology (MWF 1:30-2:30 class)

[daniellearellano]

Explain in your own words the meaning of "pakikisama" as a cultural value that we inherit from our peers?

Pakikisama essentially implies the ability to get along with others. It is a folk concept that refers to good relations or the avoidance of conflict, and it is characterized by the absence of outward signs of displeasure.

for example sir,, if your friends are the "party-people type of friend" sir, for you to belong you will try to go on disco..party..etc..

cultural value that we inherit from friends..

maybe because.. we spend more time with our friends sir..so they tend to influence us more..



from: Culture | Multicultural Canada

[Eliza Imee Cajegas]

I saw that movie and im not quite sure if it was a true story and was it the women who led those tribes?

On second thought basin dili jud ang women ang ga.lead. . Hehe. . Pero I remember na na.ai pivotal role ang women did2.. Labi na si Old Mother. . I think sa iya mu.look ang mga tao a2 for guidance. . There must be a real-life tribe na ila g.basehan a2 sir. . Hehe. .

[regnauld]

huh?!pla ako pints ato sir??
hehe

5 points!

[GONZALEZ_jeza]

Why is Evolutionary Psychology importnt to human behavior?

source: Peter B Gray, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-5003, USA.
Email:

peter.gray@unlv.edu.

Evolutionary approaches to human behavior have their own intellectual trajectory.
Fuentes’ book synthesizes a battery of historical approaches to the evolution of human
behavior, including ones capitalizing on the latest interdisciplinary evolutionary theory.
These are the great strengths of this book, and the reasons why it may have an impact. On
the other hand, there are also major weaknesses. In a number of patches, laundry lists of
ideas take the place of data and people. Sometimes the people get lost in evolutionary
concepts.
The aim of

Evolution of Human Behavior, as proclaimed in the preface, is to nondogmatically
present an integrative approach to the evolution of human behavior. It

succeeds admirably.

[kisjmsajme]

Ok let us go further. Please read some excerpts of the book "The Phenomenon of Man" by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ!

Your comments are graded!

"To be fully ourselves it is in the opposite direction, in the direction of convergence with all the rest, that we must advance--towards the 'other.' The peak of ourselves, the acme of our originality, is not our individuality but our person; and according to the evolutionary structure of the world, we can only find our person by uniting together. There is no mind without synthesis. The same holds good from top to bottom. The true ego grows in inverse proportion to 'egoism.' Like the Omega which attracts it, the element only becomes personal when it universalises itself." (The Phenomenon of Man, 1955. p. 263)

source:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

based on what i've understand, we have to learn to see and reach for others.that our true person is not only compose of us but also with the influences coming from other people that surrounds us. like the concept of pakikisama, we tend to be with others to complete our person as a part of the group not only as individuals.

[regnauld]

On second thought basin dili jud ang women ang ga.lead. . Hehe. . Pero I remember na na.ai pivotal role ang women did2.. Labi na si Old Mother. . I think sa iya mu.look ang mga tao a2 for guidance. . There must be a real-life tribe na ila g.basehan a2 sir. . Hehe. .

Yes and that's what i was thinking too!

[glazzer91]

Next quesion is: Do you believe that man came from apes? Why and why not?

Defend your position! Good for 30 points!

Thinking that the answer to these questions lies with our ancestors, some are still frightened by the thought that man originates from the ape. However, the ape is not an ancestor of man but rather a very distant underdeveloped cousin. The lineage of the hominid from which man came and the lineage of the apes both proceed from primates. Thus, it would be better to say that man originates from animals but has benefitted radically from more vitamins and phosphorus than the dolphin and the gorilla which missed the key turning point of evolution.
Some fear, while others claim, that the relationship between man and the animal kingdom denies the fact that God created man. One could answer by saying that the Bible, in its first book, Genesis, offers a view of evolution which is more radical than making man a descendant of the ape. It claims that he came from the dust of the ground. God created man in his own image... male and female he created them. And God blessed them... (Gen. 1:27,2. It is interesting to note that if the question is put to God : Who is man?, He answers, He is in my likeness.
Man, moreover, is completely distinguished from animals by his intelligence. Even more than intelligence itself and his aptitudes, man possesses something entirely unique: man is the only creature in the universe capable of self examination. He alone can ask the question: Who am I? He can judge and understand what others are doing in terms of right or wrong. He has the same ability within himself, of being aware of good and evil in what he does. In his more or less perfect attempts to define what is right in human relationships and what we call human rights, man is aware that his personal dignity, his right to life and his claim for respect derive from the very fact that he belongs to the human species.

For me, I don't believe that we, humans, came from apes... I do believe that God made us, humans, in His own image and likeness.. And He made us to be His greatest creation.. One thing more... If we came from monkeys and apes.. then why not those monkeys become/ evolved into humans..??
Source:
If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? - Pinoy Henyo
50 questions : Who is Man? Did man descend from the apes ?

[regnauld]

"To be fully ourselves it is in the opposite direction, in the direction of convergence with all the rest, that we must advance--towards the 'other.' The peak of ourselves, the acme of our originality, is not our individuality but our person; and according to the evolutionary structure of the world, we can only find our person by uniting together. There is no mind without synthesis. The same holds good from top to bottom. The true ego grows in inverse proportion to 'egoism.' Like the Omega which attracts it, the element only becomes personal when it universalises itself." (The Phenomenon of Man, 1955. p. 263)

source:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

based on what i've understand, we have to learn to see and reach for others.that our true person is not only compose of us but also with the influences coming from other people that surrounds us. like the concept of pakikisama, we tend to be with others to complete our person as a part of the group not only as individuals.

The letters are too small for me to read! Anyway, I will just give you 5 points!

[Eliza Imee Cajegas]

Yes and that's what i was thinking too!

Basin ang Amazons sir. . Kai women man xla tanan. . Hehe. .

[poisontree]

ot: nice idea ang forum2 thingy. suggest nya ni namo n sir ech basin makatabang ni ug self actualize. hehe.. :P