improving EWT : coginitive intervjew

Question 1

cognitive interview

Answer 1

police technique for interviewing witnesses to crime to recreate original context

Question 2

1st rule

Answer 2

mental reinstatement of original context - to mentally recreate both the physical and psychological environment eg “i would like you to think about the day of the event”

Question 3

2nd rule

Answer 3

report everythinv -

report every bit of detail even if it may seem irrelevant, witness shouksnt leave anything out

Question 4

3rd rule

Answer 4

change order -

eg by reversing order of event occurred.

Question 5

4th rule

Answer 5

change perspective -
recall incident from someone who loses perspective
effects of expectation and schema on recall

Question 6

strength

Answer 6

research into effectiveness
meta anyalsis of 53 studies found, increase 34% of correct information generated compared to standard interview technique.
BULL found that when participants were interviewed using combination of report everything their recall was significantly higher than whrn using one component

coginitive interview better than standard

Question 7

limitation

Answer 7

quality may suffer
KOHAN found 81% increase of correct info but 61% increase of incorrect infor when congintue interview as conapred to standard

has to be done by professional
time consuming
not suitable for children