Indigenization

From

Without

Indigenization from withoutrefers to research studies applying western theoretical models and methodologies to the local setting.

Filipino social psychology was developing and was of great interest to local researchers. Social psychological research in the philippines was dominated by western theories and methodologies.

The 1969 issue has 3 social psychological papers: one on the attribution of punishment among Filipino children, another on correspondent inference theory, and a third on ethnic stereotypes.

Gonzales-Intal called for an examination

and of “the vast body of social

Valera psychology theories and

concepts”, and testing or

applying these to the Philippine context because“The many social development issues of

concern to Filipinos provide fertile grounds for the application of social psychological theories and concepts “

Attribution

Attribution

refers to any inference by a social perceiver about the cause of a social other’s behavioral action or set of actions.

Abregana’s paper examined upland farmers’ attributions for success and failure in farming and correlated these with their success expectancy estimates and actual behavior or adopting new farm practices

Yacat ,Pilar These researchers looked at

And Reyes attributions made by male and female participants on success and failure outcomes.

Supratiknya This Indonesian researcher found that among the

javanese Success was often attributed to

luck and other non-selfrelated factors,whereas failures were internalized as one’s own fault.

Political Psychology

Political Psychology

This is the study of how psychological factors affect political behavior, as well as how political factors affect psychological functioning and performance.

Indigenization From Within

Indigenization from withinrefers to research using indigenous methods and approaches to elicit and study culture-specific social behaviors.

Indigenization from within focuses on similar applied research questions, but uses a different theoretical perspective and methodological orientation.

Gender and Gender Relations

Gender and Gender Relations some stereotypic beliefs about

masculinity and femininity are not described by actual studies, the domestication of women remains a dominant orientation among Filipino men and women. Filipino social psychological research on gender and gender relations has been very broad.

Environmental Issues

Environmental issues

One of the earliest researchers in environmental psychology was Abraham Velasco of the U.P Forest Research Institute who prepared a social-psychological analysis of kainginero and their relationship with their environment.He used pagmamasid and pakikipanayam as his major methodological tools

Sto. Domingo compared the environmental consciousness of fishermen with scientists-technicians working in the lakeshore area

Galvez Developed the ginabayang talakayan method of

research and used it to study the behaviors of dynamite fishermen.

The End