AO3 evaluation of cognative interview

Question 1

what is a supporting evidence for cognitive interview

Answer 1

Geiselman et al

Question 2

what did geiselman find

Answer 2

pp who had watched two violent films and who were then interviewed 48hrs later by trained police officers were more likely to remember more correct items when interviewers used cognitive interview

Question 3

what does this mean in supporting the cog interview

Answer 3

t/f supporting the C.I improves the accuracy of EWT increasing the validity of C.I

Question 4

what is anouther supporting reasearch of the cog interview

Answer 4

fisher et al

Question 5

what did fisher et al find

Answer 5

after training detectives gained 47% more usefull info from witnesses to real crimes compared to when they had been using standared interview

Question 6

what does this mean in supporting cog interview

Answer 6

t/f supporting C.I improves the accuracy of ewt increasing validity of C.I

Question 7

what is a non-research positive of the cog interview

Answer 7

ethical

Question 8

how is the cog interview ethical

Answer 8

cog interview requires that the interviewer is impartial and open minded. interviewer not ask leading questions interigate or lie to eyewitness

Question 9

how does this support the cog interveiw

Answer 9

t/f this doesn’t breach any ethical guidelines ensuring that EW doesn’t feel uncomfortable and so can recount testimony accurately

Question 10

what is a supporting evidance weakness for cog interveiw

Answer 10

Geilsman

Question 11

what did Geilsman find

Answer 11

found cog interview led to slightly more incorrect items being recalled so may not be effective as standard interviews

Question 12

how does this oppose the cog interview

Answer 12

t/f decreasing the idea that cog interview improves the accuracy of EWT decreasing valid of cog interview

Question 13

what is anouther opposing research

Answer 13

Kebbell and wagstaff

Question 14

what did kebell and wagstaff find

Answer 14

found police may not adhere to cog interview techinques for minor crimes as they didn’t have time

Question 15

how does this oppose the cog interview

Answer 15

t/f sugeesting that the cog interview can be too lengthy to carry out for all interviews particularly minor crimes and that police do not always stick to it. thus decreasing the accuracy of EWT decreasing the validity of cog interveiw

Question 16

what is a non research based issue with the cog interview

Answer 16

practical issues

Question 17

why/how does the cog interview have practical issues

Answer 17

difficult to build rapport with EW in a short space of time, the EW may also include a lot of irrelevant detail that the interviewer may not have time for

Question 18

how does this oppose the cog interview

Answer 18

t/f it may not be successfully implemented so the accuracy of the EWT may not be improved.

Question 19

what is anouther strength of the cognative interview

Answer 19

it can be considered ethical as the interview lets ew report information in their own time and is not supposed to ask leading questions
t/f this ensures that an ethical practice is carried out increasing the validity of ewt as leading questions are not asked