18. Eyewitness Testimony: The Cognitive Interview AO3

Question 1

Name a strength of the cognitive interview

Answer 1

Some elements of the full CI are useful - research found each individual element of the CI was equally valuable

Question 2

What produced the best recall out of all the CI conditions

Answer 2

Report everything and context reinstatement together

Question 3

What can we conclude from the findings that report everything and context reinstatement give the best recall

Answer 3

At least these two should be used to improve police interviewing of EW even if CI isn’t used

Question 4

Give a limitation of cognitive interview

Answer 4

It’s time consuming - police are reluctant to use it because it takes much more time than standard interview - more time needed to establish rapport with witness - allowing them to relax

Question 5

Name a second factor that makes CI time consuming

Answer 5

Requires special training and many forces haven’t been able to provide more than a few hours

Question 6

What is the main issue with CI being time consuming

Answer 6

It’s unlikely that the proper version of the CI is actually used - may explain why police haven’t been impressed by it

Question 7

Name a limitation of CI research the

Answer 7

May be unreliable because of variations of the CI - studies of effectiveness of the CI inevitably use slightly different techniques

Question 8

Explain why different variations of CI may be an issue

Answer 8

Different researchers may use variations on the CI or enhanced CI - police forces evolve their own methods - it’s difficult to draw conclusions about the CI in general