The Cognitive interview Flashcards
1
Q
What is the cognitive interview and who created it?
A
Geiselman - An interviewing method used by police to improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimony.
2
Q
Describe the 4 steps of the cognitive interview.
(And their role in improving EWT accuracy)
A
- Context reinstatement
- Attmept to mentally/physicalty recreate scene
- Environmental cues aid in recall.
- Report everything
- Witness asked to recount all (even unimportant) details of event
- Unimportant information arises, connections made
- Change order
* Reduces effect of gap filling by Schema - Change perspective
* Reduced effect of schema/possible bias.
context, everything, order, perspective.
3
Q
1 pro, 2 cons of Cognitive interview
(Hint) quantity over….
A
(Pro) Meta analysis support
* 53 studies on cog vs standard,
* Cog produces 34% more correct information than standard.
(Con) Quantity over quality
* 61% more false positives produces than standard
* Does not guarantee accuracy.
(Con) Time consuming
* interview + training police
* Expensive
* Possible increased witness forgetting if in “queue”.