Cognitive interview

Why was the cognitive interview (CI) introduced?
Ronald Fisher and Edward Geiselman (1992) argued that eyewitness testimony could be improved if techniques based on psychological insights were used

Report everything (RE): Witnesses are encouraged to include every single detail, even if it seems irrelevant. Trivial details may be important or trigger other memories
Context reinstatement (CR): The witness should return to the crime scene in their mind and imagine the environment and their emotions. This is related to context-depedent forgetting
Recall from a changed perspective (CP): Witnesses should recall the event from another persepctive. This disrupts the effect of schema and expectations on recall. The schema you have for a setting generates expectations of what happened
Recall in reverse…