what is cognitive interview and who came up with it?
a method of interviewing eyewitnesses to help retrieve more accurate memories by ronald fisher and geiselman
what are the 4 parts to c.i
-report everything
-reinstate the context
-reverse the order
-change perspective
explain report everything
encouraged to include every single detail even if it may seem irrelevant as they may trigger other important memories
explain reinstate the context
witness should return to original crime scene and imagine the environment and emotions
explain reverse the order
events should be recalled in a diff order from original sequence e.g from the final point to the beginning, this is too prevent ppl reporting their expectations of how event must have happened rather than actual events
explain change perspective
witnesses should recall incident from other peoples perspective to disrupt effect of schema, the schema for a setting generate expectations of what would have happened and so schema is recalled rather than actual events
explain the enhanced c.i
fisher developed additional elements to focus on the social dynamics of interaction e.g when to establish eye contact and ideas such as minimising distractions