Cognitive Interview

Question 1

Describe recall everything

Answer 1

Report all details of an event, no matter how irrelevant it seems.

Question 2

How does recall everything improve EWT?

Answer 2

Could act as a trigger to a memory and additional information

Question 3

Describe context reinstatement

Answer 3

Witness are asked to mentally place themselves at the event and the environment. They are asked to describe what they see, the weather and how they felt

Question 4

Describe recall in reverse

Answer 4

Asked to report what happened in different chronological order order e.g. the end of the crime.

Question 5

Describe changed perspective

Answer 5

Asked to recall incident in another person’s perspective who witnessed the crime e.g. another witness or perpetrator

Question 6

How does context reinstatement improve EWT?

Answer 6

Use context and state cues may trigger memories of the event that may appear forgotten and now currently accessible due to retrieval failure.

Question 7

How does recall in reverse improve EWT?

Answer 7

Prevents witness from reporting what was expected to happen (e.g. saying a schema) than what actually did happen. Prevents dishonesty as it is harder to lie when needing to reverse a story.

Question 8

How does changed perspective improve EWT?

Answer 8

Prevents witness from reporting what was expected to happen (e.g. saying a schema) than what actually did happen.