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Chapter 1 Section 1 Worksheet

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Question 1

1.

One of the most important tools of the forensic investigator is the ability to observe, __________, and report observations clearly.

Question 2

2.

The trained investigator collects all available evidence, without making _______________ about its potential importance.

Question 3

3.

Paying attention to the details of your surroundings requires a ______________ effort.

Question 4

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Question 5

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Question 6

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It is difficult to believe, but our _____________ definitely play tricks on us.

Question 7

7.

Our perception is ________________, and the way we view our surroundings may not accurately reflect what is really there.

Question 8

8.

If we are reading a sentence and a word is missing, we will often not notice the omission but instead ____________ the word that should be there and read the sentence as though it is complete

Question 9

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Question 10

10.

Filtering information, filling in gaps, and applying previous _______________ to new situations are all useful traits, even if they do interfere sometimes.

Question 11

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Question 12

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China, ________: The suspect in a stabbing death confessed after flies were used to determine which knife in the village had blood on it. All of the knives of the village were collected, and when the flies all landed on just one knife, the man confessed.

According to how information is processed in the brain, put these in order of how we perceive information.

perception

What we pay attention to

Information from our senses

long-term memory

short-term memory

Choose all of the following which are our senses...

esp

sight

smell

hearing

feelings

intuition

touch

taste

Our minds have learned to associate pink with....

plums

apples

cherries

strawberries

lemonade

Criminal investigations depend on the observation skills of all parties involved....

witnesses

second hand accounts

police investigators

forensic scientists

someone who saw it posted on Facebook