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Paano Baguhin ang Pagtrato sa Iyo: Ang Galatea at Pygmalion Effect

July 20, 2023 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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Alam natin na ang pagkilos at pagreact ng ibang tao ay sumasang-ayon sa kung paano natin sila tratuhin, ngunit iilan lang sa atin ang nakakaunawa na ang pagiisip natin tungkol sa ibang tao ay nakaaapekto rin sa pagtrato nila sa atin. Kahit gumagana minsan ang pambobola at pagbibigay ng mga regalo (suhol), madalas pwedeng pumalya ang ganoong kaplastikan dahil nakukutoban ito ng iba. Kung nais nating gumanda ang pagtrato sa atin ng ibang tao, narito ang isang napakahalagang aral tungkol sa sikolohiya o psychology na kailangan nating matutunan.

Noong unang panahon sa Greece…

…sa isla ng Cyprus, doon namumuhay ang kanilang hari na nagngangalang Pygmalion. Bukod sa pagiging hari, siya rin ay isang dalubhasang eskultor. Isang araw, naisipan niyang mageskulto ng isang istatuwa mula sa garing o ivory. Itong istatuwang ito ay simbolo mula sa kaniyang imahe ng perpektong babae. Noong natapos niya ang kanyang obra maestra, sobrang ganda ng istatuwang kaniyang ginawa na nahulog ang kaniyang damdamin. Araw araw niya itong inalagaan na parang ito ay tunay na babae.

(Isang halimbawa ng istatuwa.)

Isang araw, sa fiesta ni Aphrodite na diyosa ng pag-ibig, palihim na hiniling ni Haring Pygmalion na magkaroon siya ng asawang katulad ng kaniyang nilikhang istatuwa. Pag uwi niya sa kaniyang palasyo, hinalikan niya ang istatuwa at naramdaman niyang mainit-init ang labi nito. Noong hinalikan niya ito uli, naramdaman niyang ito ay malambot, tulad ng labi ng isang tao. Binuhay pala ni diyosang Aphrodite ang istatuwa, at ito ay naging perpektong babae. Ikinasal sila ni Pygmalion at bumuo sila ng pamilya. Ang babaeng istatuwa ay kilala ngayon sa pangalang Galatea.

Ang alamat na iyon ay ginamit na inspirasyon ng mga modernong sikolohista para pangalanan ang dalawang konsepto tungkol sa sa mga self-fulfilling prophecies: Ang Pygmalion Effect, at ang Galatea Effect. Eto ang kanilang depinisyon ayon sa Oxford:

(Dagdag kaalaman: Ang mga self-fulfilling prophecies ay ang ating mga hula tungkol sa kinabukasan na, namamalayan man natin o hindi, tayo mismo ang nagpapatupad.)

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Change How People Treat You: The Galatea and Pygmalion Effect

July 7, 2023 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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Most of us know that people act and react differently depending on how we treat them, but few of us actually understand that how we think about others will ALSO subconsciously affect how they treat us. While manipulation with flattery and gifts (bribes) can sometimes work, that kind of fakery can backfire as people can sense it. If we want to improve how other people treat us, then here’s a valuable psychology lesson that we have to learn.

Once upon a time, in ancient Greece…

…on the island of Cyprus, there lived its king named Pygmalion, who was an extremely talented sculptor. One day, he decided to sculpt an ivory statue of a woman representing his ideal of womanhood. Upon completing his masterpiece, the statue that King Pygmalion made was so beautiful that he himself fell in love with it. He cared for it daily, as if it was a real woman.

(Just a sample statue.)

One day, on the festival of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, King Pygmalion secretly made a wish—to have a wife, just like his ivory girl. As he went home, he kissed his statue and felt that its lips were warm. As he kissed it again, the statue was now soft like human flesh. The Goddess Aphrodite had given it life, and it had become his perfect woman. They soon got married and started a family. That woman later became known as Galatea.

Modern psychologists have used this legend as an inspiration for naming two psychological concepts on self-fulfilling prophecies: The Pygmalion Effect, and the Galatea Effect. Here’s how they’re defined according to Oxford:

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Tatlong Dahilan Kung Bakit Kailangan mong Pag-isipan ang Iyong Pagkatao sa Iyong Kinabukasan

January 22, 2022 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero para sa akin kapansin-pansin ang pamagat ng libro na Personality isn’t Permanent (ni Dr. Benjamin Hardy, PhD). Hindi ko muna ito binili, pero nanatili ito nang matagal sa aking isipan. Buti na lang, pagdaan ng ilang buwan, may malaking discount at naging mas mura ang digital Kindle version nito kaya nabili ko siya agad.

Tama nga ang kutob ko. Mayroon ngang napakahalagang aral doon tungkol sa ating personal growth at self-improvement (pagpapabuti sa ating pagkatao) at natuwa ako nang husto dahil sa mga natutunan ko doon.

Ang pangunahing punto ng librong iyon, kung babasahin mo ang pamagat niya, ay nagbabago ang ating personality o pagkatao habang nagdadaan ng panahon. Kung iisipin mo, totoo naman diba? Ilang matatanda na nagtratrabaho na ngayon ang kapareho pa rin noong nasa high school sila? Ilang mga taong nasa kwarenta anyos na ngayon ang pareho pa rin ang pagkatao noong bente anyos pa lang sila? Malamang kakaunti lamang. Ang mahiyaing introvert ay pwedeng maging matatag na pinuno, at ang mahilig magparty at walang bahala sa buhay ay pwedeng maging mas mapag-isip na intelektwal. Halata naman na ang mga tao ay magiging mas-mature habang tumatanda diba?

Gayunpaman, pag-isipan mo ito.

Ilan ang nagkaroon ng masamang ugali dahil sa trauma na nangyari noong sila ay bata pa? Ilan ang mga na-bully noong kanilang kabataan kaya sila’y naging sobrang mahinhin, o naging mapang-abuso sa trabaho? Ilan ang bumagsak sa mga tests sa iskwelahan, napagalitan ng sobra, naisip sa sarili na “hindi talaga ako matalino” at naitatak ito sa kanilang utak? Ilan ang hindi makasabay sa kanilang mga kaibigan sa sports kaya tumatak ang “hindi talaga ako magaling” sa kanilang self-image o paningin sa sarili? Ilang mga mapang-abusong mga magulang ang naging ganoon dahil inabuso din sila noong sila’y bata pa?

Kung mayroon tayong mga masasamang karanasan at mga trauma katulad ng mga iyon, pinipigilan kaya nila tayong subukan ang ilang panibagong bagay, tulad ng mga mabubuting gawain at libangan (habits and hobbies), na makakapagpabuti nang husto sa ating buhay? Pinipigilan kaya nila tayong magsimula dahil iniisip natin na ang mga epekto ng mga masasamang karanasang iyon ay bahagi na ng ating pagkatao (personality) habang-buhay (permanent)?

Iyon ang pinakamahalagang aral sa librong iyon tungkol sa ating psychology. Nagbabago tayo habang nagdadaan ang panahon, at pwede nating KONTROLIN ang mga pagbabagong iyon. Pwede nating piliin kung anong bahagi ng ating pagkatao ang gusto nating baguhin at pagbutihin. Walang permanente sa ating pagkatao o personality, lalong lalo na ang ating mga masasamang asal at trauma.

Pwede tayong maging mas-confident/malakas ang loob, mas mapagbigay, at mas mature kung ginusto natin. Pwede tayong maging disiplinado at mas matapang upang tayo ay magtagumpay sa mga pinapahalagahan natin sa buhay, tulad ng ating mga career/trabaho, relationships, kalusugang pisikal at emosyonal, at marami pang iba.

Bago natin magawa iyon, kailangan nating isipin kung anong klaseng tao ang gusto nating maging. Kailangan nating seryosohin at pagplanuhang mabuti ang ating magiging pagkatao sa ating kinabukasan.

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Three Reasons Why You Should Think about Your Future Self

January 7, 2022 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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There was something about the title Personality isn’t Permanent (by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, PhD) that really got my attention. I didn’t buy it at first, but something about it stayed in my mind. Thankfully, a few months later the digital Kindle version had a huge discount so I bought it right away. 

My intuition was right. That book DID contain some extremely valuable lessons on personal growth and self-improvement and I’m very glad to have learned about them.

The main point of the book, if you haven’t guessed from the title, is that our personalities change over time. If you think about it, it’s pretty obvious. How many working adults are the same as who they were back in high school? How many 40-year olds are exactly the same as their 20-year old selves? Most likely very few. Extremely shy introverts can become outgoing leaders, and reckless party animals can become more intellectual and contemplative. Obviously, people mature and grow over time, right?

Think about this though.

How many of us develop some negative personality traits because of some trauma from our childhood? How many of us who have been bullied as kids grow up to become extremely shy and reserved, or become bullies at work? How many of us failed some tests, got scolded by our parents, and had the thought “I’m not very smart” etched into out minds? How many of us couldn’t keep up with other kids at sports and had “I’m not strong or athletic” marked into our self-image? How many abusive adults were the result of their parents abusing them as children?

Are those bad experiences and traumas holding us back from trying new things, such as good habits and hobbies that can improve our lives, because we think the effects of those traumatic events are a part of our personalities and are therefore “permanent”?

That is the most important lesson within that psychology book. We grow and change over time, and we can CONTROL that change. We can choose what part of ourselves we want to change for the better. Nothing in our personalities are permanent—not even our toxic habits and traumas.

We can be more confident, more generous, and more emotionally mature if we really want to. We can be the kind of person who is disciplined and courageous enough to succeed at what we value, such as our careers, relationships, physical and mental health, and more.

To do that, however, we have to imagine what kind of person we want to become. We have to seriously start thinking and planning our future selves.

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Paano Magdasal para Magkaroon ng mga Biyaya at Solusyon sa Problema

August 3, 2021 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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Kapag parang sobrang hirap na ng buhay at tila wala kang maresolbang problema kahit desperado ka nang magsumikap, minsan wala ka na talagang ibang magagawa kundi manahimik muna para magdasal. Buti na lang, ang pagdarasal at meditation ay nagbibigay ng napakaraming benepisyo na parehong pisikal at emosyonal, at pwede rin silang magbigay ng solusyong iyong kinakailangan.

Para matulungan ka tuwing mga panahon ng sakuna, narito ang isang guide na magtuturo sa iyo kung paano mo pwedeng patahimikin ang iyong isipan at makahingi ng tulong sa maykapal.


More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

(Pagsasalin: Mas marami sa lahat ng pinapangarap sa mundo ang mga bagay na nilikha ng pagdarasal.)

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