Cognitive Interview

Question 1

List the 4 stages of the cognitive interview.

Answer 1

1) Reinstate the context
2) Report everything
3) Recall from a changed perspective
4) Recall in reverse order

Question 2

How does ‘recall in reverse order’ work?

Answer 2

Prevents the use of schemas and prevents dishonesty.

Question 3

What does ‘reinstate the context’ mean?

Answer 3

Mentally recreate the environment they were in and how they were feeling.

Question 4

Give a strength of the cognitive interview.

Answer 4

+Kohnken et al found that it increases accurate recall by 81%. This increases the validity.

+Evidence has shown that using a combination of techniques may be more valuable than using them in isolation. Saves time and is still more effective than the standard interview.

Question 5

Give a limitation of the cognitive interview.

Answer 5

-Kohnken et al discovered that it increases recall of inaccurate information by 61%.

-The training for the officers to be able to carry out this interview technique is very time consuming and also expensive. Has implications on the economy.

Question 6

Who proposed the idea of the enhanced cognitive interview?

Answer 6

Fisher et al.