A researcher showed participants a video of a staged convenience store robbery. Afterwards, each participant was asked to write down a description of the sequence of events and the suspect. The researcher noticed that the descriptions were highly inconsistent and lacked detail.
A colleague suggested that the participants' recall could be enhanced by using cognitive interview techniques.
Suggest two cognitive interview techniques that could be used to improve the participants' recall of the staged robbery.
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