Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony - Cognitive Interview
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- Created on: 17-11-16 20:04
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- Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony - Cognitive Interview
- Fisher/ Geiselman said eyewitness testimony could be improved if better interviewing techniques were used
- Report Everything
- Witnesses encouraged to include every detail even if it seems irrelevant
- May be important, can trigger other memories
- Reinstate the Context
- Witnesses should imagine the environment of the crime scene
- Can trigger memories through context-dependent forgetting
- Reverse the Order
- Events should be recalled in a non-chronological order
- Prevents people reporting expectations and makes it harder to lie
- Change Perspective
- Witnesses should recall the incident from other perspectives to disrupt expectations/schemas
- Enhanced Cognitive Interview (ECI)
- Fisher added additional elements
- Included amount of eye contact, open questions, getting witnesses to speak slowly
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