Cognitive Interview Flashcards

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Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval

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THREE PHASES OF MEMORY

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Information enters the brain through the senses and emotions

Three Phases of Memory

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ENCODING

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Information is stored in the brain

Three Phases of Memory

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STORAGE

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Information is recalled during ______

Three Phases of Memory

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RETRIEVAL

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5
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Increase recollection through ______

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ASSOCATION

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Rapport, Preamble, Multiple Retrievals, Specific Follow-up Questions

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PROCESS OF COGNITIVE INTERVIEW

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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

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RAPPORT

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Reciprocity, Commitment & Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, and Scarcity

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PERSUAVISE

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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

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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

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Ask the 5 W’s questions and fill in the empty banks

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SPECIFIC, CLOSE ENDED, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS

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Physical appearance of the suspect, Speech, Names, Numbers, Reactions, Post Interview Considerations

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SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM A VICTIM OR WITNESS

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13
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Who did the person remind you of? Why?

Specific Information from a Victim or Witness

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PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE SUSPECT

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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

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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

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How many numbers did you see?

What do you see after the first number?

What letters did you see? What do you see before the letter? What do you see after the letter?

Specific Information from a Victim or Witness

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NUMBERS

17
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What was your reaction to what was happening? How did other react?

Specific Information from a Victim or Witness

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REACTIONS

18
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Focus on the needs of victims and witness

Give them an idea what to expect from the justice system

Referring to victims assistance programs

Specific Information from a Victim or Witness

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POST INTERVIEW CONSIDERATIONS

19
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Open-ended questions after an average of 7.5 seconds

Derail of train of through and information is often lost in this process

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ELIMINATE INTERRUPTIONS

20
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We jump in with another question, which eliminates ____ ____ ____

Encourage your witness to continue his concentration and you often get additional information

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WAIT THROUGH PAUSES

21
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____ down the interview process

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SLOW

22
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Ask follow up questions compatible with _____ or _____ picture provided by your victim or witness

The witness may have more than one significant persons, places and things

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IMAGE; MENTAL;

23
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You may wish to have the witness ________ for you of the crime scene and later indicate each area where the suspect was observed.

Change in perspective

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DRAW A PICTURE

24
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Your _____ instructions with the victim or witness should be included the expectations that ______ memory requires hard work

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INITIAL; ACCESSING;

25
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After you establish rapport, you position yourself at a ______ angle to limit eye contact which can act as a distraction during recall

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45-DEGREE

26
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Consider to audio and/or video tape the recall session(s) for later review

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RECORD THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEW