Memory- The Cognitive Interview Flashcards
What are the 4 techniques within the cognitive interview?
- Report everything.
Free recall technique, minor details not ignored. - Reinstate the context.
Internal/external cues trigger memories. - Reverse the order.
Prevents dishonesty. Could confuse/catch them in a lie. - Change perspective.
Reduces expectations and pressure.
What is the cognitive interview?
Method of interviewing eyewitnesses to help them retrieve more accurate memories.
What is the enhanced cognitive interview?
Additional elements- social dynamics e.g. eye contact, minimising distractions, asking open-ended questions.
What is a strength of the cognitive interview?
Supporting evidence.
Geiselman got ptpts to watch violent crime, few days later interviewed in one of 3 ways: standard police, cognitive or hypnosis. Cognitive was found to trigger most accurate recall.
High internal validityZ
What is a strength of the cognitive interview?
Supporting evidence.
Geiselman got ptpts to watch violent crime, few days later interviewed in one of 3 ways: standard police, cognitive or hypnosis. Cognitive was found to trigger most accurate recall.
High internal validity.
What are two weaknesses of the cognitive interview?
Time consuming, variation of how it’s used.
Certain police departments only use “reinstate context”
Low external validity.
Young children find confusing.
Produce less reliable recall than standard police interviews. 8+ yrs recommended.
Low population validity.