PSYC 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cognitive Interview, Hypnosis

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Appleton-Knapp

Document Summary

Participants give detailed reports of the target event. Just willing to say more in order to comply with instructions. Memories mix of recollection, guesses, inferences. Maximizes the quantity and accuracy of information obtained from eyewitnesses to crimes. Context reinstatement putting the witness back into the mindset at the time of the crime. Builds on the fact that memory retrieval from long-term storage is more likely if a suitable cue is provided. Offers retrieval cues to find the one that triggers the target memory. Successful produces more complete recollection without compromising accuracy. How to avoid forgetting revisit a memory periodically.