improving Accuracy Of EWT - cognitive interview

Question 1

what are the 4 techniques of cognitive interview

Answer 1

• context reinstatement
• report everything
• recall from changed perspective
• recall in reverse order

Question 2

define context reinstatement
and why does it work

Answer 2

recreating environment
how they were feeling

mental consistency between actual incident and recreated
More details and more accurate

Question 3

Define report everything and why does it work?

Answer 3

Report every detail, even if it seems irrelevant

May trigger other memories

Question 4

Define recall from change per perspective and why does it work?

Answer 4

mentally re-create situation from other people’s perspective

Disrupt affect schemas have on our recall
Make think about what happened instead of what should happen

Question 5

define recall in reverse order and why does it work?

Answer 5

Describe event in reverse order or in a different order

Prevents use of schemas and dishonesty
Much harder to produce and provide untruthful account if reversing

Question 6

evaluation of cognitive interview
Research to support the effectiveness of the cognitive interview

Answer 6

showed participants police training videos of crime
48 hours later interviewed either using CI, standard or hypnosis
CI most accurate recall, then hypnosis then standard

More effective than standard police interview

Question 7

evaluation of the cognitive interview
A combination of techniques works best

Answer 7

All four you singularly produced more info than standard
CR and RE combined produced better recall than any other

Shorten process and increase positive real life application to improve interviewing

Question 8

evaluation of the cognitive interview
The cognitive interview is not always realistic and police practice

Answer 8

take more time so cost is greater
Take longer to build report and allow them to relax
Require a special training
Many don’t have the resources
Practical application of psychology restricted by economy

Question 9

evaluation of cognitive interview
The cognitive interview creates an increase in inaccurate information

Answer 9

Found 81% increase in correct information
bought a 61% increase in incorrect info compared to the standard interview
Sacrifice quality of eyewitness testimony in favour of quantity of information
Need to treat with caution