cognitive interview

Question 1

what is the cognitive interview

Answer 1

approach to interviewing that seems to encourage accurate and thorough recall of specific events

waddington and bull

Question 2

what is cognitive interview based on

Answer 2

2 PRINCIPLES OF MEMORY:

• info is organised so that memory can be accessed in many ways
• memories are context dependent, retrieval would be more effective if the cues present at the time of storage are reinstated

Question 3

what did Fisher and Geiselmen identify what is wrong with the standard police interview

Answer 3

• predetermined checklist
• witnesses discouraged from adding extra info
• leading questions

Question 4

what are the core components of the cognitive interview

Answer 4

1. REPORT EVERYTHING, interviewer encourages reporting of every single detail of the event
2. CONTEXT REINSTATEMENT, interviews encourages interviewee to recreate the environment and contacts from original incident
3. CHANGING THE ORDER, report the incident in several different orders
4. CHANGING PERSPECTIVE, interviewer asks them to report it as if it was seen by someone else

Question 5

differences between the CI and standard police interview

Answer 5

• CI uses open questions, STANDARD doesnt
• STANDARD doesn’t allow them to speak freely, CI does
• CI adapts language to suit individuals, standard doesnt

Question 6

strength of CI

Answer 6

-meta analysis done by researcher shows CI consistently provided more correct info, SO THERE ARE REAL PRACTICAL BENEFITS

Question 7

2 weaknesses of CI

Answer 7

• time consuming, more time needed to make them relaxed etc
• not all techniques used by police; some elements may be more valuable than others, each technique singularly produced more info than the standard police interview but a combination of everything produced the best results