cognitive interview
- Created by: neve mason x
- Created on: 01-02-22 09:11
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- cognitive interview
- fisher and geiselman argued that eyewitness testimony could be improved if police had better techniques
- 1. report everything - report every detail of event
- 2. reinstate the context - witness returns to crime sceneb in mind - related to context-dependent forgetting
- 3. reverse the order - events recalled in a different chronological order. prevents dishonesty a\nd prevent people reporting their expectations of how the event must have happened rather than the actual eventr
- 4. change perspective - witnesses should recall the incident from other peoples perspective - perportrator or witnesses. done to distrupt the effect of expectations and schema on recall.
- 3. reverse the order - events recalled in a different chronological order. prevents dishonesty a\nd prevent people reporting their expectations of how the event must have happened rather than the actual eventr
- 2. reinstate the context - witness returns to crime sceneb in mind - related to context-dependent forgetting
- the enhanced cognitive interview
- fisher developed some addittional elements of the cl to focus on the social dynamics of the interaction
- an example is the interviewer knowing when to establish eye contact and when to relinquish itr.
- also includes ideas as reducing eye witness anxiety, minimalising distractions, getting the witness to speak slowly and asking open end questions
- an example is the interviewer knowing when to establish eye contact and when to relinquish itr.
- fisher developed some addittional elements of the cl to focus on the social dynamics of the interaction
- evaluation
- its time consuming - police may be reluctant because it takes longer than the standard police interview. the cl also requires special training and many forces have not been able to provide more than a few hours (kebbel anbd wagstaff) this means its unlikely the proper cl is used
- reserch suggests that the enhanced cognitive interview may offer special benefits. a meta-analysis by kohnken combined data from 50 studies. the eci constantly provided more correct info than police. shows real practicle benefits - benefitial to catching criminals and society
- some elements may be more valuable than others - milne and bull found that each individual element was equally valuable however found that a combination of report everything and context reinstatment produced better recall than any other conditions. confirmed police suspicions that some where better than others. strength because the 2 elements improcve policen interview and increases credability to police officors.
- its time consuming - police may be reluctant because it takes longer than the standard police interview. the cl also requires special training and many forces have not been able to provide more than a few hours (kebbel anbd wagstaff) this means its unlikely the proper cl is used
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