Cognitive interviews

Question 1

Who created the theory of cognitive interview

Answer 1

Fisher and Geiselman (1985)

Question 2

What is the reasoning behind Cognitive interview theory

Answer 2

To improve the EWT. Recommended that such techniques should be based on psychological insights into how memory works.

Question 3

What are the four aspects of the Cognitive Interview

Answer 3

1. Report Everything
2. Reinstate Order
3. Reverse Order
4. Change perspective

Question 4

Explain the report everything part in the Cognitive Interview

Answer 4

Witnesses were encouraged to included EVERY detail even if they think it’s irrelevant.Seemingly trivial details may be important and trigger more important memories

Question 5

Explain the second stage, Reinstate Order, of the Cognitive Interview

Answer 5

Witnesses return to the original crime scene ‘figuratively’ and imagine the environment and their emotions. This is also related to context-dependent forgetting (External)

Question 6

Explain the third stage, Reverse order

Answer 6

Evens should be recalled in a different order from the original sequence, for example, from the last point back to the beginning, or from the middle to the beginning. This is to prevent people reporting their expectations of how the event happened. , rather than the actual events. It also prevents dishonesty