Quiz 2 Review Interviewing and investigations

Memory sematic

A category of long-term memory that includes memories of specific events or experiences

Episodic Memory Training

The practice of having the interviewee discuss a neutral event that is not related to the interview topic in order to provide a practice narrative

Script Memory

A type of memory for activities that occur during events that have happened repeatedly

Autobiographical Memory

details of an event that someone has experienced

Gaze Aversion

In the deception detection literature, refers to the avoidance of eye contact, which is perhaps the most frequently cited non-verbal behaviour commonly thought to be indicative of deception

Leakage Hypothesis

A theory that suggests that deception can be detected by observing the ways in which a person's physiological responses are inconsistent with their spoken words

Base Rate

The incidence of a particular behaviour or characteristic in a population

False Positive

Refers to a situation in which an observer mistakenly believes that a condition is present when, in fact, it is not

Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)

A theory that holds, among other things, that eye movements can indicate deception

Criteria-Based Content Analysis (CBCA)

A major component of SVA, consisting of 19 different criteria grouped under 5 different headings, that holds that truthful statements will have more of the criteria identified by CBCA than will false statements

Assessing vulnerability

1) Situational: (details of individual)

2) Contextual: interaction between interviewee and interviewer (if victim was assaulted by a white male, interviewer should probably not be a white male)

3): Pre-existing (mental health, cognition, blind/deaf)

episodic memory

long-term memory (events/experiences)

semantic memory

ideas, concepts, facts, knowledge

3 parts of the memory system

sensory register

working/short-term memory

long-term

narrative

uninterrupted statement of the child's experience

structured/narrative based protocol

RATAC

Rapport

Anatomy identification

Touch inquiry

Abuse scenario

Closure

(most desired for legal purposes)

open prompts

invitations (golden standard question type)

directive prompts

5WH-type questions

Option-posing questions

forced choice/leading

Breadth questions

provides additional follow-up info

questions that make you recall memory

directive and open questions

recognition memory task

option-posing and closed questions

Children have hard time comprehending

time and frequency

leakage

involuntary physiological processes such as blood pressure, blood flow, and heart rate can betray a person's attempts to deceive when monitored by a polygraph or frequent eye movement

"leaks" can take the form of smiles, frowns, eyebrow raises, and grimaces.

what do you want to avoid in statement analysis

relying solely on surface-level observations and instead delve deeper into the content, structure, and potential biases within the statement to uncover inconsistencies or deceptive patterns

criteria of content based analysis

systematic guidelines and coding schemes to ensure consistency and objectivity, focusing on aspects like accuracy, clarity, engagement, and relevance to evaluate content against predefined standards.

1. Logical structure

2. Unstructured production

3. Quantity of details

4. Contextual embedding

5. Descriptions of interactions

6. Reproduction of conversation

7. Unexpected complications during the incident

8. Unusual details

9. Superfluous details

10. Accurately reported details misunderstood

11. Related external associations

12. Accounts of subjective mental state

13. Attribution of perpetrator's mental state

14. Spontaneous corrections

15. Admitting lack of memory

16. Raising doubts about one's own testimony

17. Self-deprecation

18. Pardoning the perpetrator

19. Details characteristic of the offence

criteria in reality monitoring

Used to detect false statements

strategic use of evidence—how & when

what part of your memory deals with forgetting

What protocol is narrative-based?

NICHD