cognitive interview

Question 1

who developed the CI?

Answer 1

fischer and gieselman

Question 2

who uses the CI?

Answer 2

police interviewing witnesses

Question 3

why was the CI created?

Answer 3

to help prompt the original memory as every time a memory is recalled it is reconstructed-Bartlett

Question 4

what are the 4 retrieval strategies of CI?

Answer 4

report everything
context reinstatement
recall in reverse order
recall from another witnesses perspective

Question 5

what does report everything in the CI involve?

Answer 5

witness tells every single detail they can remember

even anything irrelevant as it could trigger context/state cues

Question 6

what does context reinstatement in the CI involve?

Answer 6

witness is asked to visualise the scene in their head this would act as a context cue to trigger possible memories of the event (in some cases the reconstruct the crime)

Question 7

what does recall in reverse order in the CI involve?

Answer 7

improves accuracy and removes dishonesty as it is harder to lie

Question 8

what does recall from another witnesses perspective in the CI involve?

Answer 8

avoids the possibility of a schema effecting their recall as they are in someone else’s shoes

Question 9

Research + CI

Answer 9

kohnken found the CI produces improved recall of correct information by 81%

Question 10

Research - CI

Answer 10

Memon’s study showed that police were only given 4 hours of training for the cognitive interview due to budgets this reduced the CI effectiveness and produces little additional information from a witness