Rona Mae P.

Talamera
BSED SCIENCE 1-C

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 LESSON 1 PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE

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Activity 1.1: DO YOU TRULY KNOW YOURSELF?

Answer the following questions about yourself as fully and precisely as you can.
1. How would you characterize yourself?
I characterize myself as a happy go lucky person because I am always smiling despite the
hardship and circumstances I am facing. I am also a thoughtful person because I always
think of the goodness of others before myself.

2. What makes you stand out from the rest? What makes yourself special?

I think what made me stand out from other people is that I am perseverant and a
determined person. I am doing all my best to help my parents and to finish my
studies even if we are far from one another.

3. How has yourself transformed itself?

When I was a child I had only view a small scope of what life should be. It is only a
quarter of what I had learned in the present. As I grew up, I started to see the world in
a larger scope and made me realize that everything I have seen is only a point
from a big spectrum. And there I started to transform myself from an ignorant child
into an open minded person.

4. What will happen to yourself after you die?

When I die I think my body will be decayed and will turned into dust. While my soul
Will continue to guide my loved ones who are alive, until I am able to live again.
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Name: Rona Mae Talamera Date:

Program, Year and Section: BSED SCIENCE 1-C Score:

Direction: Using the table below, list down four philosophers and their views on
the self. Then, cite similarities and differences in their philosophical
perspectives.

Philosopher Philosophical Similarities Differences

View/s on the Self

Socrates Self-knowledge- Knowing Augustine and Socrates Socrates believed that

yourself can hope you focused on the life with wisdom comes from
improve your life.  God, the metaphysical knowing one self. 
analysis of time, the ethical
 
An unexamined life is not analysis of the evil, and the
Socrates rarely spoke
worth living.  examined life. about the soul of human
  being. 
Socrates and Descartes felt  
that the only way to find Socrates had a keen
true knowledge was not by interest in knowledge
a search through the and value theories. 
external physical forces of  
nature, but was instead Soul is only a separation
through a systematic, of the soul from the
clearly defined internal body. 
search through one's own
inner being

Plato Self is an immortal soul, Plato and Descartes both Plato gives a lot of
which is from the two believed that the human importance to the soul of
world.  ability to reason constitutes human being than its
  the extraordinary body.
The soul doesn’t come into instrument we have to  
existence with the body; it achieve truth and Plato believed that reality
exists prior to being joined knowledge, since Descartes is an imperfect reflection
to the body.  agreed to Plato a great of a perfect ideal called
  thinker. the forms. 
Humans are dual nature  
composed of body and, Soul is immortal and it
mind.  exists within a body until
  that body dies.
Self is a physical form. 
 
Saint Augustine His belief about free will Socrates and Saint Soul is immortal, but it
and his belief that humans Augustine have the idea does not jump from body
are morally responsible for that the body is the root of to body. 
their actions.  the problem. And according
to John Chaffee both they
You will know yourself, if have the idea about self
you know God.  that it is an immortal soul
that exists over time.
Soul and body make up
human.  Augustine and Descartes
seek to explain and
recognize the existence of
God by understanding and
acknowledging themselves
as finite beings. They both
agree that in order to
understand God, one must
first understand what it
means exist. This can only
be achieved by examining
the self.
Rene Descartes Self is not the body. We Rene Descartes also believe Soul is the essential form
cannot think of the self that the soul continues to and could exist without
without thought which is exist (just like what Plato the body. 
immaterial. Thus, the mind and St. Augustine’s belief)  
and body must be distinct.  and seeking to join with the Man must analyze,
spiritual realm and God’s experiment and develop
Mind-Body Dualism  infinite and eternal mind. himself. 
But each perspective still
has differences.

Similarities of The Four The self is innate. 

Philosophers
Everyman is dualistic. 

Soul is immortal. 

The man is composed of

body and soul.
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SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Module 1: Lesson 2

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Activity 1.3 My Self through the Years

Paste a picture of you when you were in elementary, in high school, and now
that you are in college. Below the picture, list down your salient characteristics that
you remember.

My Elementary Self My Highschool Self My College Self

After having examined your “self” in its different stages, answer the
following:
Salient Characteristics
Elementary Self- Happy go lucky, Ignorant, playful, perseverant, determined, and confident.
High school Self- Happy go Lucky, open minded, perseverant, determined and prideful.
College Self- Happy go lucky, open minded, perseverant, determined, thoughtful, and friendly.

1. Similarities in all stages of my “self”

The similarities of my elementary, high school and college self is that I am perseverant
and determined to reach all my goals and to attain the dreams
I desire to reach.

2. Differences in my “self” across the three stages of my life

The differences are when I was a child I always find everything as a game only.
When I was in high school I am striving to become independent while in college
I am trying to make everything with all I can.

3. Possible reasons for the differences in me.

The possible reasons is that I had gain a wider view about the world I live in and also
Because of my interactions with others, which it can affect my values.
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Name: Rona Mae Talamera Date:

Program, Year and Section: BSED SCIENCE 1-C Score:

Direction: Answer the following

A. Think of a current issue or pattern that a sociologist might study. What
types of questions would the sociologist ask, and what research
methods might he employ? Now consider the questions and methods
a psychologist might use to study the same issue. Comment on their
different approaches.
B. Explain why it’s important to conduct research using both male and
female participants. What sociological topics might show gender
differences? Provide some examples to illustrate your ideas.
A.
The issue or pattern that a sociologist might study can be drug addiction. The type of

question might be what are the different assumptions about drug addiction and how it affects
people. This can use descriptive method of research to obtain the result of the proposed
study. If Charles Cooley used his Interactionist Perspective of Sociology approach then it
can observe and study the behavior of this people. In George Meads through his theory that
involves social interactions he can observe the nature of this person and internalize their
opinions of why they engaged themselves in such activities. In particular, through Cooley’s
theory he can tell how these drugs affects the people’s behavior which is the very main point
of this study. On the other hand, Mead can provide us the reason on why a person engage
themselves in drug addiction, and also it shows how these kind of addiction affects his
behavior and his relationship with others.

B.
It is important to conduct research using both male and female to avoid gender biased.
 Integrating of gender balance can provide much more accurate scientific research. It is
because women brings a unique perspective than men. As illustrated in a study
conducted by Dr. Vera Regitz Zagroseka Director of Institute of Gender in Medicine and
Deputy Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research at Charite Berlin, he explained
that Heart Disease can affect both men and women, but it comes differently. Women have
a different symptoms than men and women respond differently through medication. Thus,
we should always know both sides , it would not only to avoid gender biased but it can
increase the quality of the research and improves the acceptance of innovation in the
market.

Lesson 3 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

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Name: Rona Mae TalameraDate: Program, Year and Section: BSED SCIENCE 1-CScore:

Direction: Write an essay about what it means to be Filipino

What does it means to be a Filipino? Is it being born and raised in the Philippines? Is it having both Filipino
parents? Is it sharing the same color of our skin? Is it living in the same archipelago? Or is it caring about
everything that makes us a Filipino?

Is it being born and raised here in the Philippines? Some Filipinos are raised in the Philippines but raised to
speak mostly in English and taught different values. Is it having both Filipino parents? Filipinos are products of
genetic admixture. We are, in a genetic sense, a truly global people. Is it sharing the same color of our skin?
Filipino doesn’t have the same color shade. Is it because we live in the same archipelago? A large number of
Filipinos are scattered around the world. Or is it caring about everything that makes us a Filipino?

So what does it means to be a Filipino? Being a Filipino is caring about our countrymen and caring about our
culture that makes us Filipino. As a Filipino people, we are considered as one of the sole nations in the world. We
have our own distinct manners and norms that define us from other countries and people. We Filipino are unique
and colorful. We have our unique culture with colorful traditions. We Filipinos are hardworking. For instance, we
are known for our industriousness and upward mobility, especially when we emigrate. We Filipino has a strong
and close family ties.

We place high regard and put importance of our family first and foremost before anything else. It is
because we believe that families should be together and help each other out. We are always together with
our family and friends. Basically, anyone we consider a loved one, is a part of our family. Even if we are not
blood related. We will never leave their side. No matter how hard the journey is, how long it is or how
rough, we will always be there for someone. At every struggle, we always see a ray of hope shining
through. We rarely give up, but when we do, we give up with a smile on our faces

Being Filipino means being a part of a wonderful culture. A culture filled with amazing foods, beautiful
languages and having a great homeland to go to. When I tell you the food is amazing, it is so good. Seriously, once
you taste it, you will fall in love with it. Being Filipino means being hospitable. Yeah, we are really giving our best
to accommodate our visitors, and make them feel good and at ease. We converse and build genuine relationships

with them. Aside from being hospitable, we Filipinos are known for having an ability to be happy and stay positive
no matter what circumstances we faced. Whether we are weathering strong typhoons or simply surviving the
horrible Metro traffic – Filipinos still find a reason to smile.

We also have a these colonial mentality and manana habit that are known as the negative values of being a
Filipino. We Filipinos do not mind if we pushed other people down, for us to become on the cream of the crop.
We looked down upon our own culture and looked up on foreign culture which we find much more beautiful than
ours. In manana habit, We Filipinos follows the notion of not finishing our works on time. However it is not true
that we Filipinos are lazy and does not have a sense of urgency. It is only a stereotype.

In general Filipinos have both a positive and negative attributes that defines us of what we are and makes us
unique from other countries and people. Therefore, for me being a Filipino is accepting and loving our own unique
ways that makes us a Filipino.