Intro to Forensics

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What does paying attention to details require?

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Conscious effort.

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What type of accounts of crime scene events can vary and may not be accurate?

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Eyewitness accounts.

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How does the brain make sense of the vast amount of information it receives daily?

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It filters information.

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What reasoning do forensics investigators use to solve a crime after making observations?

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Deductive reasoning.

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What is the process that retrieves contextual information about a specific event?

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Recollection.

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Define 'forensics'.

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The application of scientific methods and techniques to investigate crimes.

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What is the role of an eyewitness in a criminal investigation?

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To provide a personal account of the events they observed.

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What is deductive reasoning?

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A logical process where conclusions are drawn from general principles to specific cases.

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What is the importance of filtering information in the brain?

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It helps prioritize relevant information and ignore distractions.

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What is the difference between 'encoding' and 'recollection'?

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Encoding is the process of converting information into a form that can be stored, while recollection is retrieving that information later.