Cognitive Interviews

Question 1

Main features

Answer 1

1) Context reinstatement:retrievel cues help recall e.g recreate environment
2)Report everything- not miss out any insignificant details
3)Recall from diff perspective
4) Recall events in diff orders (recency effect)

Question 2

Fisher (1987)

Answer 2

Enhanced cog interview:minimising distractions + anxiety, open ended questions etc.

Question 3

Geiselman et al (1985)

Answer 3

-51 ppts shown 2 violent crime films
-48 hours later: cog interview,standard interview or hypnosis interview
-Recalled no of facts: 41.2 (cog interview), 29.4(standardised) 38 (hypnosis)