Cognitive Interview

Question 1

What is a standard police interview?

Answer 1

Bombarded with a series of direct closed-ended questions
Interrupted
Can’t talk freely
Rushed thru details

Question 2

What is a cognitive interview?

Answer 2

Minimises distractions
Actively listening
Open-ended questions asked
Avoid interrupting
Avoid making judgmental questions

Question 3

Who came up with the cognitive interview?

Answer 3

Fisher & Geiselman

Question 4

What are the 4 components of the cognitive interview?

Answer 4

Report Everything, Change Order, Reinstate Context & Change Perspective

Question 5

What is Report Everything?

Answer 5

Witness asked to report every single detail of the event as it can lead to trigger another memory to improve recall

Question 6

What is Change Order?

Answer 6

Witness asked to report the incident in different chronological orders from end to start (reverse order) as last memories may still be present in STM

Question 8

What is Context Reinstatement?

Answer 8

Witness asked to mentally recreate the environment where the event occurred and reporting detail of the scene, feelings and thoughts leading up to the crime. Helps retrieve memory using cues

Question 9

What is Change Perspective?

Answer 9

Witness asked to report incident from a different perspective such as by recalling events from an other viewpoint or other witnesses which helps retrieve better.