Cognitive interview

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definition

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a way of improving eyewitness testimony by providing the witness with an increased amount of retrieval cues to remember the event.

Question 2

1.

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Recall everything that happened- asked to remember every detail but are not asked any leading questions

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2.

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Mental reinstatement of the original context

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3.

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Change the order that the events occurred (start from the end and work towards the beginning)

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4.

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Recall from another person’s perspective who witnessed the event.

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Enhanced cognitive interview (ECI)

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developed by Fisher et al (1987), to develop the social aspects of the cognitive interview. Make eye contacts, talk slowly and reduce any anxiety the witness would experience.

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Evaluation strength: Milne & Bull (2002)

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found that there were two elements of the interview that produced more effective recall (recall everything and reinstate context)

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Evaluation strength: Kohnken et al (1999)

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found from a meta analysis of 50 studies that the ECI produced more correct information than the standard police interview. However, he also found it produced a lot of incorrect information.

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Evaluation weakness: time consuming

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it requires specialist training for police forces and the witness needs to be extensively prepared before the interview starts.

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Evaluation weakness

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police forces use different parts of the cognitive interview technique which makes it difficult to make comparisons about the cognitive interview from one police force to the next.