The standard interview
Police receive little training in interviewing techniques and they traditionally ask whatever they feel is relevant, and usually inturupt and ask short answer questions and follow inappropriate sequences of questions
Pedzek found that pushing a witness to answer questions leads to false information being provided
Cognitive interview
1- Context reinstatement = recall the context, like environmental factors, how they were thinking and feeling at the time, maybe even closing their eyes
2- In depth reporting = ask witnesses to tell the story of what happened in detail with no inturuptions
3- Narrative re-ording = asking the witness to tell the story from a different perspective or from a different starting point, or backwards
4- Reporting from different perspectives = telling the story again from other witness' point of views
Fisher found that 47% more information is recorded when using the cognitive interview