Forensics Unit 1 Review

Analytical skills are

• problem-solving skills that help you parse data and information to develop creative, rational solutions

• personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.

• a logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions.

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Deductive reasoning is

• the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

• a logical approach where you progress from general ideas to specific conclusions.

• a method of drawing conclusions by going from the specific to the general.

An eyewitness is a person who is reporting what another person has heard or said.

• True

• False

The action or process of seeing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

• Observation

• Opinion

• Perception

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interpretation of information received from senses.

• Observation

• Opinion

• Perception

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a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

• Observation

• Opinion

• Perception

We are not aware of all the information our senses are gathering at any given time because our brains apply a filter to it.

• True

• False

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A key component of any investigation are observations made by police and detectives.

• True

• False

Prejudices, personal beliefs, and concentration have no impact on a person’s ability to be a credible eyewitness.

• True

• False

The Innocence Project’s goal is to use DNA evidence to determine a convicted person’s innocence or guilt of a crime.

• True

• False