PY 100 Finals BS Bio/Chem &B SA 1-26

PY 100 Finals
Class of Justin V. Nicolas
Case Study: Esteban
Esteban was a timid student. He would smile when you greet him but he does not talk readily to anyone. He wears thick glasses and talks in a quite funny manner. He was, what most of the young people would call a nerd-looking guy. He used to study in the seminary but decided to transfer to Manila because he thought he lacked confidence. Yet, he applied for admission in UP Diliman and chose to take up Social Work. Probably, he thought that it was the next best thing to having a vocation as clergy.
In UP, Esteban’s classmates laughed at him at times because he looks weird (according to the students). He would always be isolated from his classmates except for Francis who tried to befriend him. Francis talked to him and became his group mate for most of the class projects. Esteban had difficulty expressing himself. He talks very softly and sometimes becomes incoherent. He then thought that the reason why he cannot express himself was his inadequacy in speaking English. Francis learned that Esteban wanted to take up English as a course to enhance his communication skills, but when he entered UP, he was advised to take up Social Work.
One time, Francis and Esteban reported a topic in class. When asked by his professor, Esteban was not able to answer well. Esteban felt very bad. Even if he forced himself to smile, Francis saw the frustration on Esteban’s countenance. Even Esteban’s professors found him to be not responding well to the requirements of the course. Francis would often catch Esteban in deep thought, but when he tried to talk to him, Esteban will again smile.
One day, Esteban told Francis that he wanted to find work. He wanted to earn money to buy a small television. He wanted to buy a television set so that he can watch English films and learn how to speak better English by listening to the way they speak. Later, Esteban dropped out school to pursue overcoming his weakness in communication. He said that he will just return if he had already enough savings.
Questions:
Describe the personality of Esteban. What theories of personality best fits Esteban’s situation?
Describe the personality of Francis. Which theory of personality can be used to explain his personality?
Do you think Esteban was maladjusted? Was there something wrong with him? Or his mind? Why did he want to shift to A.B. English? Do you agree with his decision? Why is he so focused on wanting to purchase a television? Is there a mental disorder related to Estaban’s condition? Explain
Using Sikolohiyang Pilipino, what values does Esteban exhibit in his pursuit to learn English?
Describe they way Francis applied “pakikipagkapwa” in order to help Esteban adjust to life in the university.

Tatay Almario: Sinner or Saint?
(Please use case only if with permission.)
Tatay Almario owned a house in Marikina. He also had a seven door apartment, but inside his house, he allowed street people to sleep for a fee of fifty pesos (P50). The people who sleep in Tatay Almario’s house were call boys, prostitutes, snatchers, pick pockets and drug users. There was a time when the place was hit by an epidemic where individuals mysteriously started dying. Most probably it was because of sharing needles and casual sex. For a while, the place became quiet but in the mid 1990’s, Tatay Almario opened his place again to street people like Maria from the previous cases.
Taty Almario was a sales man. He was intelligent and had business acumen. He would easily learn any craft such as making shoes. He bought himself a few shoe molding apparatus and made shoes which he marketed to the sisters in the convent. He often visited a priest near in a university in Quezon City. He travelled to different parts of the country to market his goods. Life was promising for him. He had a wife who later on did not work because of weak lungs. He had a daughter and two sons. His daughter Marlene lives in one of his apartments. His two son, both called “Boy.” Tatay Almarion’s life was shattered when one day, a boy showed up by their doorstep claiming to be his son. It was a shock to his family. Tatay Almario had a breakdown and started walking naked in the streets. He was picked up by the barangay people and was brought to the mental institute.
IN the mental Institute, it was discovered that Tatay Almario was schizophrenic. He would hear voices and claim that a spirit came don on him and was possessed by St. Joseph. He claimed to have a mission that is why he invites the street people to enter his house and stay there for the night. Later on, his children started using drugs. Then, taty Almario started using drugs too and allowed his wife to take drugs in order to be healed from her illness. Sometime, Mang Almario would claim to be Jesus Christ and that he has a mission to save the world. He works in tandem with Maria. Maria was in search for that Savoir who will remove them from the streets. Tatay Almario claims that it was Francis who is the pillar that will bring change to their lives.
The first ime Taty Almario and Francis met, Tatay Almario stretched out his arms and welcomed Francis as a son. He considered him as to be the one who will guide the angels in his house and bring light to the misguided souls roaming their place. Tatay Almario treated Francis as his own son because he reminds him of himself when he was young. Tatay Almario would discuss plans with Francis on how to change the world and how to save the street people from misery, to have a new life and new bliss.
Francis continued to go to the place to get to know the street people. The people in the community thought Francis was one of them. The tough guys in the area looked up to Francis and thought that he was the one who supplied drugs in the place. Later, Tatay showed Francis a piece of paper. It was a diagnosis of the mental institute telling that he was schizophrenic. Tatay then looked at Francis and made a grin, exposing his gums with his false teeth taken off. At that moment, Francis though he saw a devil. Tatay face was different and then he said goodbye. He told Francis that he was doing that so Farncis will know what world Francis was walking into. Tatay Almario used to be a straight guy but the direction of his life changed when he started associating with people whom he believed he could help. Tatay was trying to show Francis the real “color” of the world, so it seems.
One day, the children approached Francis and said, “Kuya, you’re car is like an angel from heaven.” They flocked to him as if saying goodbye. Tatay told Francis that maybe he was really St. Joseph and that the real Jesus Christ was Francis. When Francis left that day, Tatay Almario looked at him from the stairway inside his house and told him, “Huwag mo kami kakalimutan ha.” That was the last day that Francis saw that place, but he continues to tell their stories.

Questions:
Compare and contrast the personality of Francis and Tatay Almario. What theories apply to their personalities? Why did they have an urge to help people usually considered as rejects of society?
Discuss the condition of Tatay Almario. Prove whether or not he has a mental disorder. If he does have mental disorder, what possible disorders may he have? Explain.
Use of prohibited drugs is common among those who work in the streets. Discuss how the drugs become a venue for the street people to stay or meet together? What drives them to use drugs? How does drug use become a vehicle for survival? How could Tatay Almario’s life be different if he did not use shabu? Will his mental condition change? Explain why people even artists seek for a certain “high” in order to be inspired. How does this give hope to those living in poverty?
How could Francis really help Tatay Almario and the girls sleeping in his place?

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General Psychology Miderm Exam

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
ONLINE EXAMINATION
2ND SEMESTER SY 2008-2009
CLASS OF JUSTIN NICOLAS


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Case Study 1: Sonny The Renaissance Man?

Sonny was an intelligent student. He took his high school education is one of the science high schools in Manila. He was a good writer and had high aptitude in Math. He was also very active as a teenager. He enrolled in the BS Mathematics Program of the UP Los Banos but since he belongs to a poor family, he had to work as a helper in the University Canteen. It was in UP that Sonny was initially exposed to student activism at the same time he was also introduced to the world of fraternities and drinking. He was actually disciplined by his fraternity for being drunk all the time.

Since he was good in Math, his classmates would ask help from him even during examinations. Sonny was expelled from UP not because he copied but because he let his classmates copy his answers. So he decided to study in Manila. He enrolled in a Journalism course, but later on shifted to Sociology. He became deeply rooted in the revolutionary movement and became an underground worker for the New People’s Army. HE would be assigned to difficult and dangerous missions. He discontinued his studies to become a full time soldier of the masses. Later on, he found he fell in love with a girl with whom he had two children. He was also disciplined by the underground movement so he had to lie low and started looking for a job. He was employed in different odd jobs such as being a messenger, lineman, and as a repair man. He met a lot of people. Sonny can easily adapt to any environment and made lots of friends. His last job was as a call center agent.

Lately, his wife left him their younger son. At the same time he decided to go back to school. He went back to his parents and lived with them and his sisters. Unfortunately, he still continued his vices. He got into trouble with his siblings and his father because he was always drunk. He later on made amends with his family and promised not to get drunk anymore. He still has a brilliant mind but cannot land a good job because he has not graduated yet and is already getting old to compete in the job market. He is now taking care of his son and applying for a regular job. He appreciates art and music and a critic of indie films. He also designs shirts and still writes poems and helps his classmates with their theses..
(Cases are from the files of Justin V. Nicolas. Please use only if with permission.)

Questions:

What that you have learned can be applied to the case of Sonny?
Why do you think Sonny is always drunk? What motivates a person to go into vices such as alcohol?
How would you analyze what motivated Sonny in the various decisions he made in his life such as to be an NPA, to go back to his family, to study again? Would you consider Sony to be a motivated person? Why or why not? Where do you think in Malow’s hierarchy can Sonny be classified? Justify your answer.


Case Number 2 Maria: With Angels and Demons

Maria believed that she was the virgin Mary and that she had a mission on earth to teach and bless others. She does her mission be having sex with them and then touch the man’s conscience after they have had sex. Some of the men she has talked to actually have changed their perspective in life. Her friends call he “Baleleng.” As a young child, she was molested by her grand father. She would catch her lolo watching her as she took a bath. She was accused by her lola of stealing one peso and so she ran away and lived in the street.

In her first nights on the street, she met Girlie, a prostitute and a street hustler. Girlie promised Maria that she sill take care of her. One night, Maria was accompanied by Girlie and her boyfriend to a big mansion. Girlie left Maria there with an old man. Maria was raped. The man said that he bought Maria form Girlie. For a while, Maria became a sex slave. When she had a chance to escape, she went back to the streets and started to hang out with other stowaways. She became a prostitute and became one of the first users of shabu. Later on, a friend of her Dad found her, but instead of bringing her home, the man whom he calls Uncle George brought her home and took care of her. Uncle George had a wife who was as young as Maria and also came form the street. Uncle George was rich and had a big house. It was in this house that she saw wild scenes such as people having sex. Uncle George would sometimes let them walk around the house naked. She also met her Dad in that house whom she claims kissed her in the mouth.

Later on, she went back to the streets and had different partners. She got pregnant by a policeman named Boy who locked her in the house as if she was a prisoner. It was Boy who disciplined her and forced her to do household work. Boy also taught her how to well drugs. Boy took their child Eshan and brought her to a fellow policeman named Sonny. Later, the wife of Boy confronted Maria so she Maria was devastated and escaped from Boy. She met a taxi driver named again Anthony and again got pregnant. This time she made sure that she will keep the baby. SO she went into a department store and deliberately walked out without paying. She was jailed but she was not sure that she will be able to deliver the baby in a medical facility. She named the baby Lee.

After she gave birth, she went to the nuns and asked assistance. After a while, she took her baby to her friends who sell fruits. She visits the baby from time to time while she still roamed the streets for money. She met a guy named Francis who brought her back to her family but later on, she went back to the streets again. She continued taking drugs and met influential guys such as a famous TV host and children of military men. She still believed that God was talking to her and that she had a mission that she can only accomplish by being able to make contact with dangerous men. She and her friends lived in a house in Marikina owned by Almario who himself thought that he was Jesus Christ and sometimes, Saint Joseph. Maria, Almario and their friends considered Francis ad their saviour. She continues to believe her mission even if she is not high with drugs.

When Francis left, Maria wet to the nuns again and she met an organization for women. The organization hooked her up with an American and she is now in Utah, United States with her child Lee.
(Cases are from the files of Justin V. Nicolas. Please use only if with permission.)

Questions:

What theories can you use to analyze the case of Maria?
How was she able to form a perception that she was the virgin Mary? IS Maria crazy?
How does Maria perceive men? What is her role in her life?
What are the different agents that served as stimulus for sensation?
Is there a possibility that Maria has some memories that are distorted? How were these memories encoded?
Do you think Maria enjoyed her having sex with different men? How was she able to form her mission?
Could Maria be pretending? Why or why not?
Who are the people that influence and changed her perception?


Cases are from the files of Justin V. Nicolas. Please use only if with permission.

****end of the examination****

Mula kay aurelio locsin salVacion "Pintig ng Kimi"

PINTIG NG KIMI (Enero 24, 2009)
Tahimik ang gabi
Nang sumigaw ang pintig
Sa kanyang mga ugat
Nagngangalit na parang
Sasabog na bulalakaw
Sa mga langit
Kakambal na huni
Ng mga kuliglig
Bawat kibot
Ay tila paninikip
Ng diwang di nailabas
Ng mga ugat na sinakal
Pigil na sigaw
Tulad ng dilim sa gabi
Kimi na tila mahina
Ayaw tumutol ngunit
Nagpupumiglas
Tumututol ng pabulong
Sa langit na pikit
Umaasang sa pagmulat
Wala na ang sigaw
Ng dilim.
Sa araw ay tahimik
May pag-awit sa paggawa
Walang sumbat at pangngutya
Na ala-alang ayaw sambitin.
Hapo ang laman
Ngunit himlay ang loob
Lumilipas ang oras
Na di pansin ang pait
Nagmamaang-maangan
Na tila salat
Sa pagkaunawa
Nagpapanggap na kulang
Sa wastong pagkamalay
Babalutin ng lait
Ttawa ang madla
Kimi siyang muli
Pagtapos ng gawa.
May pangamba sa paghimlay
Mga multo ay andyan na
Dadalaw muli
Sa tahimik na gabi.
Tatakas ang payapang
Hangin at lamig
Ang labi sa isip
At sigaw ng pintig ng kimi.

Mula kay aurelio locsin salVacion "Exit"

EXIT 1 (Bangon Na)
(Enero 25, 2009)
Parang langgam nanaman
Ang mga tao
Sa pagsikat ng araw
abala sa pagpapaganda
ikot parang trumpo
hala sige takbo
labas sa pinto
parang hinila ng magnet
sa pila.
Sige pa tulak,
isiksik ang sarili
sa malasardinas na MRT at FX
palitan ng mukha
banggaan ng mga tuhod
na di na makayang sumayad sa sahig,
nagsasalamin sa mass transport
na solusyon daw sa trapik
at pagsikip sa Maynila,
pinakamabilis na biyahe
at pagluwag ng langit.
Review, tsika,
Praktis ang dila
Para tumaas ang benta.
Mahalaga kuno ang future.
Handa nang sumabak
Dala ang lahat
Maliban lang
ang pinagmulan
ng buhay at
magdamag na Pahinga.

Mula kay aurelio locsin salVacion "Seminar"

Seminar (Enero 22, 2009)
Hindi ko maintindihan
Bakit ako nakaupo
Dito sa silid
Nakikinig sa mga salita
Na nagaangking talino
Pantas kuno ng makabagong pag-iisip
Pagyayabang ng kaisipang
Magbabago daw sa lipunan
Nangungutya
Sa kung ano
Na naging bahagin na ng iyong
Pagkatao
Babasagin ba
O sasalaminin
Ngunguyain ko
Nanamnamin
Maduduwal
isusuka din naman
Sino ang pantas
Sa amin
Ang matalim na salita
Na humahamon sa paniniwala
Ng marami na sa ilang saglit
Ay umani na ng palakpak
May pagtanggap
Sa pagkawasak
Sa pagkapakababa
Sa mga ulap ng kaululan,
O ako
Na napaisip
Bakit ako nandito
Sa silid na ito
Nagtitiyaga,
Nagpapanggap na
Tanggap ko rin
Nagpapakahunyango
dahil sa
mapagpanggap din naman
ang nag-aaring siya
ay pantas
dios na puta din naman
na sa negatib
ang siyang hunyango
at ang totoong
sayaw sa bubog
na parang puki
ng bakla
na wala naman.
Huwag na lang kaya
Hanggang dito na
Lang at bago
Maisip ko rin
Na ako ay isang dios
Na putik
Sa bakal na
Kalawang ang puri,
Walang kapit
Hangin ang nasagip
Magmamaneho na lang ako
Palayo sa lahat
Ng ito
Na higit pa sa pagpapakapantas
Ay may patutunguang
Landas na dama
Ang pagbabago
Sa buhay
Ng mga nagaantay
Ng tulong
Habang umaandar ang
Metro ng laway ng pantas.

From aurelio locsin salVacion FFive Snakes

FFive Snakes
There were five snakes that paraded,
Crossed each others’ path
Seeking its sure ground in disarray.
Five snakes that went around,
White, yellow, green, orange, and blue,
And yet another one that appeared to be white.
Snakes went around
With the beat of the lyres
Of tired young minds
Who do not understand why they roam
with this multitude,
silently walking without purpose
asking if at the end of the circling around,
The snakes get to dance
and boast its color and air.
The other white snake not contented
with the chaotic display,
Chose to put itself in the way
Of which it left years back.
Who is responsible,
Who sowed confusion
In the silently unplanned march
That created those snakes that
do not play with each other.
In their minds
Of pompous cheer,
Of coat of arms that is
Queer or does jeer.
From above gods look down,
Laughing at their pawns,
Gathered in disarray,
Mirrored the beat
That the gods hide but know,
That this day
These snakes will crawl empty,
No song, no dance,
No word to say,
No story to boast,
Just pawns sharing,
Trying to make sense
Of the all-together meaningless march.
Of learned incompetence
The gods boast
The pawns learn well
And yet not so well,
Those who thought
And indeed deep, to what really is,
were nowhere near the five roaming snakes.
Like scales the pawns scat
Like of the bones of the gods rot,
Seeking the best way
to make sense of the day.

(February 9,2009
aurelio locsin salVacion)