forensic reasoning

Question 1

bottom up

Answer 1

cognition is produced by perception

Question 2

top down

Answer 2

perception is constructed by cognition

Question 3

in forensics categories include

Answer 3

features that are important for analysis but can also go wrong

Question 4

script

Answer 4

a mental set of instructions in how to deal with similar situations

Question 5

schema

Answer 5

is a border term and includes all of the components that we believe to go with a certain category

Question 6

story model

Answer 6

is when people, like on a jury, try to make all of the information fit into a cohesive story

Question 7

explanatory model

Answer 7

is about the same as the Story Model, but includes a wider set of features, including deciding between competing models to explain the data

Question 8

mental contamination

Answer 8

is information that the examiner doesn’t need to know in order to correctly carry out an exam, but if known could influence the outcome of the analysis