uncritical

Critical is a term that is not part of the dictionary that elaborates the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). The adjective does appear instead critical, which can refer to the moment of a crisis or subjective comment that includes a judgment or assessment about something.

The concept from uncritical, thus, it is used to qualify that which does not have a critical perspective. Typically, the notion is linked to the act of passively accepting a certain speech or event as it is presented.

Suppose a journalist must report on a government measure that involves a cutout of educational budget. In presenting the news, he merely reproduces the president's announcement and mentions that the cut will represent a savings of 20 million pesos for him Condition. As can be seen, the journalist offers an uncritical report: he does not analyze the scope of the authorities' measure and does not mention its negative aspects. A critical journalist, on the other hand, would say that the budget cut will impact the quality of education since schools will have difficulties maintaining their structure, incorporating technology or acquiring study materials.

Qualifying a journalist or a social analyst as uncritical, therefore, implies a negative consideration to him professional in question. In certain settings, the individual is expected to have a critical view of what they have to analyze or report; otherwise it will only provide a biased and sweetened view.

When you talk about uncritical thinkingOn the other hand, it refers to a way of connecting with reality that is not based on analysis or the search for explanations, that does not follow a particular methodology or large-scale objectives. In other words, we can say that moving through life with this way of handling information is synonymous with living passively.

In the example of the journalist who reproduces the news without leaving space for his own point of view, it is noted a clear lack of empathy by the people who would be affected by the budget cut. While the work of journalists should always focus on information and not on the opinion, It is also important to get involved on a human level with reality, because the public only trusts them if they realize that they are not mere repeaters of events but living beings, people who feel the words they speak, who are capable of putting themselves in the place of the the rest.

But outside the scope of journalism, the uncritical way of being is not well seen, very typical of individuals who do not feel confidence in themselves and therefore avoid all forms of direct speech. When we tell our friends about a problem, or when we share news of our interest with them, we usually wait for a response engaged on the other hand, a comment that comes from having received the message, elaborated a small analysis and issued an authentic opinion. When this does not happen, communication is impoverished, since becomes unidirectional.

As with almost all aspects of our behavior, the sense Critical must be developed through a series of stimuli during the first years of rearing. It is essential to teach children to make their own decisions, to judge all the situations they face in order to build their own points of view; It is always easier to correct or straighten wrong ideas than to achieve the very emergence of an idea in the face of an uncritical attitude. If we show the little ones that your opinion is worth it, we want to know what you think, then over time they will begin to express themselves spontaneously.