Cognitive interview

Cognitive interview

1. Fisher et al (1987)

   • Studied real life interviews by detective officers in Florida over a four month period

2. Main techniques used in cognitive interview

   • context reinstatement-mentally reinstate the context of the target event. recall the scene, the weather, what you were thinking and feeling at the time, the preceding events, etc.
   • Report everything- report everything even if its not relevant.
   • Recall from changed perspective- try to describe the episode as it would have been seen from many viewpoints.

3. They're designed to try to overcome some of the problems with memory that have been highlighted by reshearch.

4. the cognitive interview technique is a questioning technique used by police to enhance retrieval of information from the witnesses memory