OBSERVATION

AND
DESCRIPTION
DEFINITION:

OBSERVATION
Is a complete and accurate
awareness by an individual of his
surroundings and it encompasses
the use of the five (5) senses.
DESCRIPTION
The actual and factual
recording of one’s own
observation or the reported
sensory experiences of another
 ACCURATE OBSERVATION IS
DEPENDENT UPON THREE
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSESS

ATTENTION
PERCEPTION
REPORT
ATTENTION- Consist of
psychological process involved of becoming
aware of a fact.
THREE KINDS OF ATTENTION
Involuntary attention
Voluntary attention
Habitual Attention
FACTORS THAT AFFECT
ATTENTION
Size
Change
Repetition
Striking quality
Interest
Organic Condition
Suggestion
PERCEPTION- Consist of psychological
process involved in undertaking these facts of
awareness.

FACTORS AFFECTING
PERCEPTION
Mental Ability
Educational Background
Empirical Background
Occupational Background
 REPORT
Identifying by name in
one’s mind some facts
which have been
perceived.
FACTORS AFFECTING
REPORT

 VOCABULARY
 TIME LAG
 RECURRENCE of SIMILAR
INCIDENT
MEMORY- Refers to a
complex group of mental
functions and state of
awareness that concerned with
the storing of experience and
reappearance in consciousness
or its utilization in subsequent
activity.
TWO TYPES OF MEMORY
•SENSORY
•INTELLECTUAL

FUNCTIONS OF MEMORY
•Storing of
information or fact
that had been
observed.
•Recollection
HOW TO REMEMBER
EYE MINDED
EAR MINDED
MOTOR MINDED
THANK YOU VERY MUCH