Cognitive Interview

Question 1

AO1: cognitive interview

Answer 1

Method of interviewing EW to help them retrieve more accurate memories

1)context reinstatement- mentally recreate image which acts as a cue or trigger
2) recall from a changed perspective- holistic view
3) recall in reverse order- verify accuracy
4) report everything- may highlight over looked info

Question 2

A01: Enhanced cognitive interview

Answer 2

Establishing eye contact, reducing EW anxiety, minutes distractions, open ended questions

Question 3

A03: strength- usefulness has been supported by numerous experiments

Limitation- controlled conditions

Answer 3

P: usefulness has been supported by numerous experiments.
E/E: Students watched a video of a simulated crime, 2 days later were interviewed using cog interview or standard police interview. Students who had cog interview recalled more correct info.
L: shows that it can
HOWEVER,
cog interview was tested under controlled conditions and 2 day interval. This creates demand characteristics and makes invalid data

Question 4

strength- real police interview

limitation- special training

Answer 4

P: real police interviews
E: experienced detectives recored a section of their interview, using standards interviewing. Detectives then divided into 2 groups, one trained to use cog interview while other continued using standard interviewing.
E: cig interview elicited 46% more info and 90% of it was accurate.
L: shows the cog interview is effective
HOWEVER,
it requires special training that not all police forces offer

Question 5

AO3: limitation- still susceptible to misleading info

Answer 5

P: still susceptible to misleading info
E: participants shown video of bank robbery and then given misleading info. Either interviewed after using cog or standard.
E: those who had cog recalled more info but bother conditions were equally susceptible to misleading info
L: need to be careful participants are not exposed to misleading info or PED.

Question 6

AO3: strength- useful when interviewing older witnesses

Answer 6

P: useful when interviewing older witnesses
E: the older the person the less accurate their recall.
E: researchers found that when using cog interview technique, they recalled significantly greater details without giving any false info
L: effective especially for older people