Cognitive Interview Flashcards
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
Cognitive Interview
THREE PHASES OF MEMORY
Information enters the brain through the senses and emotions
Three Phases of Memory
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ENCODING
Information is stored in the brain
Three Phases of Memory
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STORAGE
Information is recalled during ______
Three Phases of Memory
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RETRIEVAL
Increase recollection through ______
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ASSOCATION
Rapport, Preamble, Multiple Retrievals, Specific Follow-up Questions
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PROCESS OF COGNITIVE INTERVIEW
The interview should address basic needs of the victim or witness, such as safety, fear, embarrassment, and shock.
The interview should be empathic and should reduce and control anxiety of the interviewee
Reverse order reporting
Cognitive Interview - Process
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RAPPORT
Reciprocity, Commitment & Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, and Scarcity
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PERSUAVISE
Explain the Cognitive Interview Process, tell them your expectations
Ask them to tell the events without being asked questions
Report everything, even things that don’t seem important
Discourage them from guessing and its okay to say “I don’t know”
Repeat the process multiple times
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PREAMBLE
Retrieval take about 20 minutes
Reconstruct the context
Use the T.E.D. questions
Repeated focusing on each of the senses, and also focusing on emotions
Exhaust each contextual setting prior to changing the setting
Recall the event from the perspective of a different person and retell the even from ending to the beginning, reporting the event in reverse order
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MULTIPLE RETRIEVALS
Ask the 5 W’s questions and fill in the empty banks
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SPECIFIC, CLOSE ENDED, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
Physical appearance of the suspect, Speech, Names, Numbers, Reactions, Post Interview Considerations
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SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM A VICTIM OR WITNESS
Who did the person remind you of? Why?
Specific Information from a Victim or Witness
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PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE SUSPECT
Who did they voice remind you of? Why?
How would you describe the accent?
What was the tone/quality of the voice?
What was said?
Specific Information from a Victim or Witness
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SPEECH
Go through the alphabet and see if you can recall a name or first letter (2/3 of the time, successful)
How many syllables were in the name?
What was the cadence?
Specific Information from a Victim or Witness
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NAMES