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снижение критичности

01:11 May 4, 2014
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Russian to English translations [PRO]
Psychology
Russian term or phrase: снижение критичности
склонность к декомпенсации и снижению критичности, что представляет пассивный тип общественной опасности
Anna Kostorna
United States
Local time: 19:16


Summary of answers provided
3 +2a decline in critical thinking skills
Natalia Volkova
3 +2diminished cognitive orientation
Michael Korovkin
Summary of reference entries provided
Two meanings
Susan Welsh

  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a decline in critical thinking skills


Explanation:
If you could give some more context it would be great.
At least, the whole sentence where the phrase appears, could help.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-05-04 07:12:19 GMT)
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/s...


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Note added at 6 hrs (2014-05-04 07:12:54 GMT)
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201206/s...

Example sentence(s):
  • Part of the reason for a decline in critical thinking skills could be a decrease in academic rigor

    Reference: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133310978/in-college-a-lack-of...
Natalia Volkova
Russian Federation
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nadezhda Golubeva
14 mins
  -> Thank you!
neutral  Michael Korovkin: pardn, but "critical thinking (especially with "skills" added to boot) is from a different operetta": it's didactic term, not psychological/psychiatric
1 hr
  -> I see your point, Michael. But judging from the psychology sources it is "skills" (See the reference below). But maybe you are right and there is a better version to put it. Thanks anyway for your attention!
agree  maxtsymbalau: or "critical thinking ability"
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Max!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
diminished cognitive orientation


Explanation:
As I said, "critical thinking" belongs to the field of education rather than psychology, although sometimes it's used in psychology too.
However, in any case, it means a different thing: an unchallenging/unquestioning attitude. Критичность же, is simply not understanding what's going on around you, being "out of it" :) As a matter of fact, paradoxically, persons with pathological excess of critical thinking (i.e. pathologically polemical) may be diagnosted as lacking "критичность", that is, showing a diminished cognitive orientation/function

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 01:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maryna_Iu
3 hrs
  -> thanks Maryna
agree  Susan Welsh: See reference
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Susan. Eh, references abound, but the field is very vast, fluid and full of more or less arbitrarily coinde/applied terminology.Quite e mess.+I meant “coined“....:)
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Reference comments


10 hrs
Reference: Two meanings

Reference information:
Нарушение критичности мышления - понятие критичности в психиатрии и в патопсихологии употребляется в двух разных значениях. Соответственно в первом случае имеется в виду отсутствие критического отношения к бреду, к галлюцинациям и другим болезненным переживаниям; во втором - неумение обдуманно действовать, проверять и исправлять свои действия в соответствии с объективными условиями.


    Reference: http://vocabulary.ru/dictionary/921/word/narushenie-kritichn...
Susan Welsh
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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