Improving Accuracy of EWT, using the Cognitive Interview

Question 1

What is Context Reinstatement

Answer 1

When witness recalling both the environmental and emotional context of the event. Ai of this technique is that these details act as cues to help the person recall more information

Question 2

What is Report Everything

Answer 2

Witness is encourage to include every detail of the event, even those that seem irrelevant or trivial. . Aim is that seemingly trivial details can trigger important details and help form a clearer picture of the event.

Question 3

What is Recall In Reverse Order

Answer 3

Witness asked to describe the event in reverse chronological order. Aim is that reverse order prevents people reporting their expectations of how the event must have happened, reduces schema bias

Question 4

What is Change Perspective

Answer 4

Witness encouraged to consider events from someone else’s point of view. Aim is to disrupt the effects of schemas.