1.

Compare and contrast the cultural traits of urban and rural life

Rural areas are most recognized as farms and less density areas.
Mostly a tight community, that can affect one another easily. Urban comes from the
word urbanization, where communities are big, crowded, busy and more density. They
have modern technologies and most of the community takes part in economics.
Therefore, rural is a lot more of a tight community and urban is more highly populated.

Urban community is an area which is developed and civilized,

based on geographical conditions. Urban society is thickly populated because many
people comes from rural areas and settles down in urban community for better facilities
of life. This society has homogeneity in profession it means that there are many
professions through which people can earn. In urban areas there is difference in dress,
language and customs because there are a variety of people having different
backgrounds. The areas have got fast rate of change because of education and modern
technology. These area have got complex culture because of mixing of other cultures in
it. Urban areas have formal social life. Urban areas have weak interactions and ties on
the basis of their complex. In these areas there is high rate of pollution because of
factories and automobiles. In urban areas people are not much gracious to their guests
because of their busy life.

In other hand, Rural community is an area which is under

development and not civilized, based on geographical conditions. Rural area is sparsely
populated because many people leaves rural areas and settles in the urban areas for
more facilities. These society has homogeneity in its profession that is their only source
of earning is agriculture and this is transmitted from generation to generation. There is
homogeneity in dress, language and customs. It means all these remain same because
their culture is same and they belong to same area. The area got slow means of
communication. Rural areas have very slow rate of change because of lack of education
and modern technology. This area got simple culture transmitted from generation to
generation. They got informal social life and they spent their life in a simple way of
living. They also have strong relationships and interactions of the people. It means that
they help each other in distress and share their happiness to each other. In such areas
there is less rate of pollution because theres no factories that youll find and the number
of automobiles is less. In such areas, people shows great hospitality to their guests and
treat them as a member of the family.

2. Describe the typical Filipino personality traits

Filipinos has one of the best traits in the world one of you must
know. Although they have been colonized by several countries, core values from their
ancestors remained intact and is still applied up to this time.

Hospitable, this is one of the most popular qualities of Filipinos.

Foreigners who have gone to the Philippines find themselves falling in love for their
hospitality. Its a different kind of values which already existed thousands of years ago.

Respectful, this is often observed not just from younger people but
also from older ones.

Strong family ties and religious, Filipinos value their families so

much that they tend to be so intact.

Generosity and helpful, this is observed when one person has

nothing and they tend to share what they have to them.

Hardworking, Filipinos are hardworking people to the fact that they

are willing to work several time to almost whole day just to feed their families. Thats
how Filipinos are.

Loving and caring , this is so true! Filipinos are the sweetest and
loving people in the world.

Family orientation , Filipinos possess a genuine and deep love for

family which includes not simply spouse and children, parents and siblings, but also
grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents and other ceremonial relatives.

Flexibility, adaptability & creativity, Filipinos have a great capacity

to adjust and to circumstances and the surrounding environment, both physical and
social.

Ability to survive, despite grinding poverty, many Filipinos

survive. They can make a livelihood from garbage dumps. We have survived many
invaders, oppressors and natural calamities, and have come out with hope and
determination to carve out our existence anew. Significantly, the typical Filipino greeting
is Mabuhay!.

Camaraderie (Pakikisama or Kapwa-tao), while this trait is true to

some extent, it must be noted that camaraderie is present only among close friends and
relatives. Gone were the days when you will see people helping others even if they
dont know each other.

Debt of gratitude (Utang na loob) , debt of gratitude still persists in

the Filipino psyche. You give a Filipino a favor and he will surely remember it even if he
already returned the favor.

Colonial mentality, it is the thinking that foreign talents and products

are always the good, the better, and the best, and that the local ones are poor or no
quality at all.

Good traits of a Filipino

Pakikisama/Harmony
Joyous
Highly intelligent
Faithful
Loyal
Bayanihan
Being optimistic
Self reliance
Very competitive
Very brave
Also known for their adaptability and endurance

Bad traits of a Filipino

We complain a lot
See only evil/Judgmental
Plastikan/Backstabbers
Nepotism/favoritism
Crab mentality
Always late
Tsismoso/Tsismosa
Pakialamero
Paasa
Manana habit
Dirty minded
Pilosopo
Too much hospitability
Ningas kuon
Lack of historical knowledge
Padrino system

3. Discuss common child rearing practices among Filipino and other nationalities

European and American mothers encourage their children to be selfreliant and assertive. Past the toddler stage, the earlier habits of receiving help in
feeding, cleaning and playing are broken to give way to the childs helping himself.
American mothers find themselves juggling house cleaning, marketing, cooking and
seeing off husband and older children to work so that the young child learns early to
dress and eat by himself. Lunch is a simple soup-and-sandwich affair. Early in the
evening, mother prepares the complete hot family supper for everyone. Conditioned to
help oneself and to help mother in the household, western children are encouraged to
accept responsibilities, learn to make decisions and accept the consequences of their
good or bad behavior.

While the Filipino child from birth constantly receives attention and
help not only from parents, but from two sets of relatives, from his mothers and fathers
sides. The whole neighborhood also contributes to the attention. This large kinship has
conditioned the child to leisurely grow up. Often, the child would seek help and care in
activities he could already carry out himself.

This was the prevalent development pattern of child-adult relationships in the

Philippines between the fifties to sixties. It was even mislabeled as closeness,
cooperation, respect and duty for adults. The Philippines ideal is not self-sufficiency
and independence, but rather family sufficiency and a refined sense of reciprocity. This
eventually leads to nepotism in business, padrino system and political dynasties.

The Filipino child is not encouraged right away to become independent until he reaches
school age. When the public school system was established by the americans for
Filipinos, seven years old was considered the school age when the child officially
entered grade 1. The 1935philippine constitution reconfirmed this. From sixties up to the
present private kindergarten schools for the four-to-five-year-old became popular.
Towards the seventies, mothers in provincial towns who used to be fulltime housewives
went to work or became overseas workers. Public school principals were pressured to
set up, even unofficially, preschool classes.

4. explain how better interpersonal relationships among Filipino can be attained

Pakikisama is a basic tendency for Filipinos, and is expressed in

their private lives, their public workplaces, and in their relationship with neighbors.
According to our results of the survey, the Filipino trait most taken up was pakikisama.
This indicates that this is a typical Filipino trait. Pakikisama refers to an interpersonal
relationship where people are friendly with each other.to be with someone and get along
with each other indicates human friendliness and affinity.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS

1. Why is it said that personality is a mask?

A mask is a personality trait that you create and project to the world. Its purpose
is to hide the real you.
2. How will you personally define the concept Personality? Why?
You are what you say. Those words you use, define who you are because theyre
a direct expression of your personality.
3. Do you think that personality is indeed dynamic? Why and How?
Yes, because life can indeed be a pursuit of perfecting oneself and a dynamic
personality is a by-product of successful living.
4. Do you think covert behavior basically includes those traits that are
negative? Justify.
Covert behavior is any mental, social or physical action or practice tht is not
immediately observable. Negative covert behavior includes negative thoughts
and emotions.
5. Provide 5 examples on how natural endowments of a person can be altered
by the environment.
Bent, hang, knack a special way of doing something
Flair, genius a natural talent
Raw talent powerfully impressive talent
Natural ability ability that isinherited

First impressions count but

appearance must match personality

Appearance is the way that someone or something looks. It is an

impression given by someone or something, although this may be misleading.
Gods eyesight is vastly different from ours. God created men and women equal
in worth and value, but different in function and appearance. We look at the
outward appearance but God looks at the heart. Unfortunately, God seeks your
heart, man doesnt. Man judges by your appearance but God judges by different
standard. Everything is beautiful in their own way. God does not make mistakes.
We are tested in everything and appearance is no different.
Personality is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form
on an individuals distinctive character. It make someone interesting or popular. It
is also the quality or fact of being a person as distinct from a thing or animal. I
think its rather important to carry yourself in everywhere you go, cause this little
act signifies your personality. Yeah, theres looks, but personality is 10 times
more important. Looks can be deceiving, its the personality that sets it. Its
always the most important trait. personality is important but we all know if a less
attractive person with a banging personality was to talk to you, youd turn them
down. But its never a bad thing to have an imposing presence. The outfit would
mean something important at times, alongside with the body shape, but its
basically just a complement for the personality. God gives us 3 gifts to fulfill our
purpose, our talent, our personality and our passion. If God didnt bless you with
an attractive face and youre broke atleast try to have a manageable personality.
God will change your mind, God will change your heart but God will not change
your personality. Be free to be you. Love yourself. Become the right person,
attract the right personality, build a solid foundation and serve God by adding
value to peoples lives.
Fashion is a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and
ornament or manners of behavior. It is the production and making of new styles
of goods, especially clothing and cosmetics. It is a manner of doing something.
Fashion allows us to speak. Fashion allows us to choose how we want to be
perceived. Fashion helps us as individuals to tell our story.
Exercise is an activity requiring physical effort, carried out especially
to sustain or improve health and fitness. It is a task or activity done to practice or
test a skill. Exercise helps us change the way we see and face our problems. It
helps us renew the confidence in ourselves.it also helps us to detoxify the body,
relieves stress and improves our mood. But only God will give us strength
physically and spiritually. Faith helps us to give us strength each day.

There is nothing wrong with loving yourself or loving your

appearance. Confidence is awesome. Just make sure it doesnt turn into
arrogance. Thin or not, self confidence is way more beautiful than your physical
appearance. Appearance doesnt matter When Gods glory is our goal, we can
have confidence in our physical appearance. Confidence in your appearance
each day is a key. Trust what God gave you. Find your confidence in God, not
your appearance or social status. But dont change what God put His paint brush
on.

Technological University of the Philippines

College of Industrial Education
Home Economics Department

RESEARCH PAPER
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Home Economics

Moneda, Faith ma. Carmela Joselle A

BSIE HE ID

The Importance of Understanding Personalities and Attitudes

Bret L. Simmons July 22, 2009

I believe people are an open book. If you watch what they do and listen to what they
say over time, I think they give us a pretty good picture of their personality and attitudes.
I know that is a sweeping generality, but I think it holds true in most people. And its also
the best we can do as leaders since we cant always administer tests to our employees
and certainly not to our peers, leaders, suppliers and customers to determine these
things.

The key is do you know how to read or are you illiterate?

If you dont know the difference between personality and attitude when you see and
hear it, then these powerful concepts are useless to you. And it matters that you know,
because how you work with knowledge about personality is entirely different than how
you work with knowledge about attitudes.

Personalities are relatively stable. Thats important because it means that at work, you
are not going to change the personality of the people you come in contact with. We are
who we are.

I think the value of knowing how to read personality is primarily to help leaders
understand their own basic personality dimensions, and then to learn to emphasize the
positive and mitigate the negative aspects of their own style. It also helps you
understand others to know something about their personality knowledge that you can
use to guide YOUR behavior. And your own behavior is the thing you have the most
control over at work.

Attitudes, on the other hand, are subject to change. We want to change attitudes
because of the belief that attitudes influence behavior. But you cant just talk about
bad and good attitudes. Thats meaningless and usually represents no more than a
blame game.

The key to leveraging attitudes is to read a specific attitude, for example, satisfaction
or commitment. If you can identify the specific attitude working in your constituent, then
you can take specific action to change that attitude with the hope of getting a specific
behavior as a result.

If I listen to my employee and I hear what I think is low job satisfaction that clues me into
the actions I can take if I want to improve satisfaction. If I made the mistake of thinking I
was hearing something about my employees personality, I would take an entirely
different and probably less effective set of actions.

In a future post, Ill tell you the number one personality trait I listen and look for when I
meet new folks.

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Understanding your own personality and attitude makes it easier to understand

your reactions to others personalities and attitudes. If other people saw what youre
doing and showing them your true personality and attitude, others might copy what
youre doing and what is right. We need to start being true to ourselves and stop doing
things that arent makes us.

Personality and attitude cant be defined as the same thing. Our

personality is who we are and our attitude is usually based on how a person treats us.
Maybe you have a thousand different moods, but you have one soul, one personality.
Dont switch up your attitude. God created us in all different shapes and faces, theres
nothing wrong to have a different personality and attitude. God made us in our own
identity and personality and we shouldnt be ashamed to show it off with others. And
only God can judge us.

These traits, or natural reflexes, that form an individuals character

are essential not only when predicting how people will interact and behave with one
another, but also how they will fit with the tasks and responsibilities required for a
position. It can help you motivate your employees, It can reduce turnovers, It can
decrease conflicts and improve collaboration, It can prevent burnouts, It can help you
communicate effectively with your workforce. Personality defines us who and what we
are. And what had God created us.

Everyone has a different personality and attitudes. It is our job to

understand others and stop ourselves being selfish because all of us easily see others
flaws and others bad side than looking at their achievement or personality. Any type of
relationship is so much better when we understand each others personality.

If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change
your attitude. Change is good when you have faith and the right attitude. Life gets better
when you decide it will. Choose to be happy and good things will follow. Change begins
at home, its good to see such positive attitude. If you have a good attitude now, then
God can change the situation. Keep the right perspective.