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Why was cognitive interview made

Who was it made in

A technique that can be used by police to interview witnesses to a crime in a trustworthy and effective way

MADE BY FISHER AND GEISELMAN

What does the report everything mean

Recall every single detail

Aims to increase consistency between actual event and recreated situation - witnesses recall more detail and be more accurate

Trivial details may trigger other useful details

Mental reinstatement of original context

Recreate environment from original incident

What were you feeling? What were you doing before incident?

Increase context dependent memory

Changing the order

Reverse order of event

Breaks usual schema that we have for starting at beginning and working through to the end

By disrupting the scheme - technique helps ppt to recall extra info and links between distinct stages that were not obvious when they talked through the event from the start

Helps prevent dishonesty as its harder to lie when work from end to start

Changing the perspective

Recall incident form multiple perspectives

(How would it appear to other witnesses)

Diruspt expctations + encourage examine memories more carefully

Prevent witness describing normal schema

What did Fisher develop

Enhanced cognitive interview in response for officers lacking necessary skills to deliver CI efffectively

ECI - allows witness control flow of info + avoid disruptions + avoid guessing

MODIFIED COGTIVE INTERVIEW - use with children and stresses building a trusting relationship + remove changing perspective as children find it hard