Psychology A-Level
Cognitive interview
What Cognitive interview means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cognitive interview
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A method used by police to improve eyewitness testimony through reporting everything, reinstating context, reversing order and changing perspective.
Topics that use Cognitive interview
- Memory (AQA A-Level)
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