EWT: Cognitive interviews

Question 1

What are the 4 stages of cognitive interviews

Answer 1

1) Report Everything
2) Reinstate context
3) Change perspective
4) Reverse order

Question 2

Who created the cognitive interview

Answer 2

Geiselman.

Expandede upon by Fisher et al (1987)

Question 3

Fishers study into CI

Answer 3

16 police detective trained
7 months
47% more information obtained

Question 4

Evaluate CI

Answer 4

+ Fisher et al. (1990) found that witnesses reported greater detail in their accounts of crimes when American detectives had been trained to use the technique.

• Lack of training, uncooperation
• Fisher study had a small sample size: Lack of generlizability