Define or discuss the following terms:
1. Close family ties
-A close family relationship means either a person within the third degree of the relationship, by
blood, adoption, partner or stepchild of a person within the third degree.
2. “Utang na loob” or debt of gratitude
-to have a reason to thank or feel thankful to another person for something right that they have done.
3. Hiya
-It is a feeling of embarrassment about having done something wrong. Learn more about what it
means to experience shame.
4. Pakikisama
- People have a feeling of friendship when talking or doing something together and communicating
their experiences.
5. Respect to Others
-It indicates that you accept someone for who they are, even when they're different from you or
disagree with them.
6. Flexibility and adaptability
-Flexibility usually refers to a person giving more or less in the same situation without changing the
components or altering their overall approach or behavior. Adaptability refers to a change in behavior
or acclimation to a new type of situation and can involve comprehensive changes.
7. Filipino hospitality
-It is the most common terminology that describes how Filipinos welcome foreigners or tourists who
visit the country. This trait of the Filipinos towards their visitors is undeniably exceptional.
8. Faith and religiosity
-Filipinos have a deep faithfulness in God. Our natural religiosity enables us to comprehend and
genuinely tolerate reality in the context of God’s will plan. Thus, disaster and bad luck are born, and
some optimism characterizes even the poorest lives.
9. Humor and positivity
-Filipinos use humor to divert stress resulting from problems and setbacks. They escape life’s worst
hassles by shifting their focus from issues to the funny aspects of every circumstance they face.
10. Spirit of kinship and camaraderie
-Filipinos are famous from said to be taken from Malay forefathers. The close family relations are
said to have been inherited from the Chinese. The piousness comes from the Spaniards who
introduced Christianity in the 16th century.