Improving Accuracy Of EWT - Cognitive

Question 1

What did Fisher and Geiselman argue?

Answer 1

That EWT could be improved if police used better techniques when interviewing witnesses

Question 2

What were the 4 main techniques used in interviewing?

Answer 2

1. Report everything
2. Reinstate the context
3. Reverse the order
4. Change respective

Question 3

What does ECI include ideas like?

Answer 3

Reducing anxiety
Reducing distractions
Speak slower
Open ended questions

Question 4

How is it more time consuming?

Answer 4

Compared to standard police interviews, more time consuming as more in depth

Question 5

What type of people do you require for this?

Answer 5

Special trained police forces

Question 6

What did Milne and Bull find?

Answer 6

Each independent element equally volatile

Question 7

What produced the best recall?

Answer 7

A combination of report everything and context reinstatement

Question 8

Support for effectiveness of CI?(Kohnken et al)

Answer 8

Meta analysis - combined data from 50 studies and found CI info correct more than SI

Question 9

What did kohnken et al 1999 find?

Answer 9

81% increase in correct information and 61% increase in incorrect information (cognitive interview)