Cognitive Interview

which of the following is NOT part of the cognitive interview?

• report everything

• reinstate the context

• reverse the order

• change perspective.

• Answer queries

who come up with the cognitive interview?

• Atkinson and Shiffrin

• Yerkes and Dodson

• Johnson and Scott

• Fisher and geiselman

Seemingly trivial details may be important and should be reported in the cognitive interview

• true

• false

The witnesses should only focus on details of the crime, the location, setting or context is not important

• true

• false

Witnesses may be asked to recall events from the perspective of others at the scene of the crime

• true

• false

witnesses should only discuss what happened in a chronological order

• true

• false

To eliminate inaccuracies due to potential schemas, what 2 things are witnesses asked to do (2 correct answers here)

• reverse the order

• recall the event from another persons perspective

• report everything

• reinstate the context

Fisher at al (1987) developed some additional elements of the CI to create the enhanced cognitive interview, which of the following is not an additions?

• when to give the witness a drink of water

• Getting the witness to speak slowly

• knowing when to establish eye contact

• asking open ended questions

Kohnken et al found an increase in the amount of inaccurate information recalled by ppts as well as accurate information, this is a...

• strength

• weakness

The cognitive interview takes a lot of time and training for officers, which of the following is NOT a consequence of this?

• officer and witness need more time to build rapport

• this makes it very costly and time consuming

• most forces do not have the resources to train their officers this way

• witnesses will become tired and confused