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Psychology - Cognitive interview improving the accuracy of Eye Witness Testimony (EWT)
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Psychology AS - How a cognitive interview can be used to improve the accuracy of eye witness testimony (EWT)
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Psychology - Cognitive interview improving the accuracy of Eye Witness Testimony (EWT)
Main Techniques
Context Reinstatement
Mentally recreate the situation
Milne and Bull - Children and students
Changed Perspective
Recreate from a different point of view
Reverse Order
Recall scene in a different order than what it happened in
Report Everything
Even if information seems irrelevant
Milne and Bull - Children and Students
Mello and Fisher - Elderly
Additional Features
Minimized distractions
Reduced anxiety
Getting the witness to speak slowly
Ask open-ended questions
Fisher et al 1989
Aim
To assess the performance of police officers in gathering information using the ECI compared to SI
Participants
Police officers
Measures
Performance and validity of information
Design
POs were trained to use CI
Field Experiment
Findings
Police gained 47% more useful information compared to when they used SI techniques
Conclusion
CI is more effective way of getting accurate information from EWs
Strengths
Field experiment with high ecological validity
Research shows its more effective than SI
Kohnken 1999
Meta analysis 53 studies
34% improvement when generating information
Milne and Bull
Interviewed students and children
Best components for generating information is 'report everything' and 'context reinstatement'
Mello and Fisher 1996
Elderly - 'Report everything' was the best component
Weaknesses
Difficult to evaluate because CI uses a range of procedures
Kebbell interviewed police officers and found that CI requires more time
Memon 1994
Police officers need time for the training
This costs money
Geiselman et al 1986
Aim - Study effect of
CI
SI
HI
Conclusion
Enhances memory recall
Reduces effect of misleading questions
Weakness - PPs not matched
Geiselman et al 1985
Aim - to compare the validity of CIs to SIs
Findings - Increase in number of correctly recalled items using CI
Conclusion - CIs can lead to more accurate information
Design
PPs watched 2 films of violent crimes
48 hours later they were interviewed by either CI or SI
PPs - 51 Volunteers
Measures - accuracy of memory
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