memory

Question 1

recall everything

Answer 1

-witness is asked to report all details on the event even if it seems trivial
-might act as a trigger to a memory

Question 2

context reinstatement

Answer 2

-witness asked to mentally place themselves back at the scene of crime, imagine the environment and their emotions
-uses context/state dependent cues to help trigger memories which may appear forgotten

Question 3

recall in reverse

Answer 3

-witness is asked to report what happened in a different chronological order
-prevents witnesses reporting what they expect to happen (schema) and prevents dishonesty as it’s harder to lie

Question 4

recall from changed perspective

Answer 4

-witness is asked to recall the incident from another persons perspective who witnessed the crime
-prevents schema

Question 5

cognitive interview intro

Answer 5

-fisher and geiselman developed the cognitive interview
-technique used by police to interview witnesses to get most accurate recall
-used open questions, witness is not interrupted and free to expand on their own answers

Question 6

cognitive interview RTS

Answer 6

-conducted by Kohnken et al
-meta analysis of 55 studies comparing cognitive and standard interviews
-cognitive interview has 41% increase in accurate information
-only 4 studies showed no difference among the type of interview
-therefore supports idea that cognitive interview is an effective technique in improving EWT