COGNITIVE INTERVIEW
COGNITIVE INTERVIEWS:used by police for interviewing witnesses,interview strategies based on what psychologists have found about the memory.
Why ?
our brain is made up of a network of associations , which are best accessed using multiple retrieval techniques.
Key Study -Fisher and Gieselman,1992
- REPORT EVERYTHING -EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF EVENT-AIM:INCREASES CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ACTUAL EVENT AND RECALL OF EVENT.
- MENTAL REINSTATEMENT OF ORIGINAL CONTEXT- MENTALLY RECREATE THE ENVIROMENT OF ORIGINAL INCIDENT -AGAIN INCREASES CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ACTUAL EVEN AND RECALL OF EVENT,THUS INCREASING RECALL.
- CHANGING THE ORDER-REVERSING THE ORDER IN WHICH EVENTS OCCURED-AIM:TO VARY THE ROUTE THROUGH MEMORY IN ORDER TO INCREASE RECALL.
- CHANGING PERSPECTIVE-RECALL THE INCIDENT FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES-AIM:TO VARY ROUTE THROUGH MEMORY IN ORDER TO INCREASE RECALL.
Evidence
Stein and Memon-interviewed female cleaning staff in Brazil and found increased recall , especially for useful details.
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