Chapter 1 Section 1 Worksheet

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

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

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

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

1. perception
2. long-term memory
3. Information from our senses
4. short-term memory
5. What we pay attention to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.