Cognitive Interview

Cognitive Interview

1. interview technique to increase accurate recall

2. 1) report everything- every detail even if irrelevant

   • STEPS:

3. 3) change order-more accurate recall

4. 4) change prespective- story from other person point of view to encourage retrieval cues

5. 2) original context- recreate enviroment with contacts

   • > if these 2 are constant then accurate recall increases

6. Evaluate

   • khohnken meta analysis of 53 studies showed accurate recall more in CI 34% compared to normal interview techniques volunteer sample college students
   • time consuming if u want to get more info out - kebbel& w
   • Fisher& G CI techniques demanding to interviewer
   • hard to find effectiveness as its a relation of techniques not a procedure