The cognitive interview

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  • Created on: 08-09-19 20:34
who created the CI
fisher and Geiselman
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what did they argue
that EWT could be improved if the police used better techniques
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what is the foundation of the CI
Cognitive psychology
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what are the 4 techniques
1. report everything 2. reinstate the context 3. reverse the order 4.change perspective
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what occurs in the first stage
pp are encouraged to report everything, no matter how trivial
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why is report everything encouraged
trivial details may trigger important memories
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what happens during the second stage 'reinstage the context'
the witness returns to the crime scene, mentally if not appropriate to imagine the environment
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what theory is this stage related to
context-dependant forgetting
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what is stage 3
reverse the order
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why is this done
prevents people reporting on their expectations of events, rather than what acutally happened. It also prevents dishonesty
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why is perspective changed
it is done to disrupt the effect of a schema on recall
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what did fisher et al. develop after the CI
the enhanced cognitive interview
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what does the ECI focus on
the social dynamics of the interaction
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example
when the interviewer should make eye contact and when they shouldn't
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what other ideas does the ECI focus on (theres 4)
1. minimising distraction 2.reducing eye witness anxiety 3. getting the witness to speak slowly 4. asking open ended question
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