Improving eyewitness testimony: Cognitive interview

• What is the cognitive interview?

  A method to improve eyewitness testimony
• What is the first step of the cognitive interview?

  Report everything, including all details
• Why should witnesses report every detail during the cognitive interview?

  To retrieve more accurate information
• What does "reinstate the context" involve in the cognitive interview?

  Imagining the original crime scene and emotions
• How does reinstating the context relate to memory?

  It is related to context-dependent forgetting
• What is the fourth step of the cognitive interview?

  Change perspective of the incident
• What is the purpose of reversing the order of events in the cognitive interview?

  To prevent reporting expectations and dishonesty
• Why is changing perspective important in the cognitive interview?

  To disrupt the effect of expectations
• Who conducted a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of the cognitive interview?

  Kohnken et al.
• What did Kohnken et al.'s meta-analysis find about the cognitive interview?

  It significantly increases accurate information
• What is a limitation of the cognitive interview?

  It is time-consuming and not all elements are useful
• What are the main steps of the cognitive interview?

  1. Report everything
  2. Reinstate the context
  3. Reverse the order
  4. Change perspective