The Cofnitive Interview Flashcards
Who developed the cognitive interview
Fisher and geiselman
What are the 4 components of the Cognitive interview
Report everything
Reinstate the context
Reverse order
Change perspective
How does report everything help memory
Irrelevant or inaccurate memories may trigger cues for more information
How does reinstate the context help memory
Return to environment and emotional state in their mind
Combats context and state dependant forgetting
How does reverse the order help memory
Stops reporting their expectations or what they feel should come next
Stops dishonesty and harder to lie in wrong order
How does changing perspective help memory
Disrupts expectations and has an effect in the schema for recall
What is the enhanced cognitive interview and who developed it
Fisher
Involved elements like eye contact control, open questions, speaking at certain paces etc
What is a strength of the cognitive interview
Support for effectiveness
Konken meta analysed data from interviews and found the ci have a 41% increase on information
However found it to be less accurate the fire sacrifices quality for quantity
What are the 2 limitations for the cognitive interview
Not all elements equally useful - Milne and bull found rookery everything and reinstate context to be more helpful so limits credibility
Time consuming for doing and training so not realistic
