Question 1 Report
A police officer wants to help a witness remember a stolen bicycle. Before asking questions, the officer asks the witness to picture the weather, sounds and people at the bicycle rack.
(a) Name this stage of the cognitive interview. [1]
(b) Explain why this stage may improve the witness’s recall. [3]
(a) Context reinstatement [1] (b) It recreates aspects of the physical and emotional context [1]; features from the original event can become retrieval cues [1]; these cues may help the witness access more stored information [1]
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