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1
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cognitive psychologists have played a big part in helping to

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increase accuracy of EWT

2
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research shows that the accuracy of EWT is

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affected by many factors

3
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the cognitive interview technique (CIT) was developed by

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Geiselman et al (1984)

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Geiselman et al date

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1984

5
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Geiselman et al tried to increase

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the accuracy of witness recall of events during police interview

6
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  1. the interviewer tries to make the witness
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relaxed and tailors their language to suit the witness

7
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  1. the witness mentally recreates the
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environmental context and internal context of the crime scene

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environmental context

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sights and sounds

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internal context

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mood

10
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  1. the witness reports absolutely everything
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that they can remember about the crime, even if it feels irrelevant

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  1. the witness is asked to recall
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details of the crime in different orders

12
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  1. the witness is asked to recall the event from
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various different perspectives

13
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  1. the interviewer avoids any
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judgemental or personal comments