Perceptions

Senses play an important role in identifying criminals. Witnesses need to use all their five senses for criminal recognition. Humans have five key senses- sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch. Sensory perception is what witnesses use to explain what had happened, but that might not necessarily be accurate because the way our brains interpret something is influenced by various factors- culture, religion, age, gender, background, etc. So we might predetermine things, which sometimes makes witnesses unreliable.

Interpretation is the act of explaining the meaning of something. When our senses transfer information through our nerves to our brains, our brains interpret the message and therefore, decides what to do.

Here is something we can consider from different perceptions:

'A tree as seen by a biologist, a logger, an environmentalist, a native from Sarawak'

A biologist would think of trees as a source of oxygen and something to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.

A logger would perceive trees as a source of income.

An environmentalist would be promoting to the public about the importance of trees in our environment.

A native from Sarawak would see trees as a sacred object because their ancestors minght have depended on trees for a living.