Cognitive Interview

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cognitive psychologists have played a big part in helping to

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increase accuracy of EWT

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research shows that the accuracy of EWT is

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affected by many factors

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the cognitive interview technique (CIT) was developed by

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Geiselman et al (1984)

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Geiselman et al date

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1984

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Geiselman et al tried to increase

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the accuracy of witness recall of events during police interview

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1. the interviewer tries to make the witness

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relaxed and tailors their language to suit the witness

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2. the witness mentally recreates the

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environmental context and internal context of the crime scene

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environmental context

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sights and sounds

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internal context

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mood

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3. the witness reports absolutely everything

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that they can remember about the crime, even if it feels irrelevant

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4. the witness is asked to recall

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details of the crime in different orders

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5. the witness is asked to recall the event from

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various different perspectives

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6. the interviewer avoids any

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judgemental or personal comments