Cognitive Interview

Cognitive Interview

An interviewing technique developed in 1984 by Geiselman et al. It followed 4 distinct components.

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Mental reinstatement of original context

Encourage the viewer to mentally recreate both the physical and psychological environment of the incident.

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Report Everything

Encourage the viewer to report every detail of the event without editing anything out.

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Change Order

Interviewer tries alternative ways through the timeline of the incident.

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Change Perspective

The interviewer is asked to recall the event from different perspectives.

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E: Quality may suffer

The CI's effectiveness is largely in terms of quantity of information, rather than quality.
Kohnken et al. (1999).

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E: Problems with CI in practice

CI takes a lot of time and training to implement.
Kebbell and Wagstaff (1995).

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E: Comparisons are difficult

In the real world, CI is more than one 'procedure' so its difficult to compare and evaluate its effectiveness.

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Encourage the viewer to mentally recreate both the physical and psychological environment of the incident.

Mental reinstatement of original context

Encourage the viewer to report every detail of the event without editing anything out.

Interviewer tries alternative ways through the timeline of the incident.

The interviewer is asked to recall the event from different perspectives.

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