... think. Cognitive psychologists see psychology as a science and most studies are done in laboratories under controlled conditions. There is now a method of interviewing based on four main principles that helps to improve eye witness memory recalls. This was devised by cognitive psychologists (geiselman et al ) and he called this the cognitive interview. The main principles are; * Witnesses are encouraged to think back and recall immediately preceding events, their moods and actions. The witnesses to mentally reinstate the environment at the time the event occurred. * To encourage the witness to report back every detail no matter how trivial. * Ask the witness to describe the event in different order, both forward and backward. * Ask the witness to describe from different viewpoints (e.g. what they would have seen from across the road). Research began whilst Elizabeth was employed as assistant professor at the University of Washington. In the 1970's she started ...

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