Cognitive Interview Flashcards
List the 4 stages of the cognitive interview.
1) Reinstate the context
2) Report everything
3) Recall from a changed perspective
4) Recall in reverse order
How does ‘recall in reverse order’ work?
Prevents the use of schemas and prevents dishonesty.
What does ‘reinstate the context’ mean?
Mentally recreate the environment they were in and how they were feeling.
Give a strength of the cognitive interview.
+Kohnken et al found that it increases accurate recall by 81%. This increases the validity.
+Evidence has shown that using a combination of techniques may be more valuable than using them in isolation. Saves time and is still more effective than the standard interview.
Give a limitation of the cognitive interview.
-Kohnken et al discovered that it increases recall of inaccurate information by 61%.
-The training for the officers to be able to carry out this interview technique is very time consuming and also expensive. Has implications on the economy.
Who proposed the idea of the enhanced cognitive interview?
Fisher et al.
