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Mentally Recreate Context of Accident Report Everything Recall in Different Order Recall From Changed Perspective

Geiselman et al. established the cognitive interview technique in 1985 to improve on traditional eyewitness testimony interviews. The cognitive interview incorporates four concepts - mentally recreating context, reporting all details, recalling events in a different order, and adopting another perspective - to increase accuracy. Subsequent research developed the enhanced cognitive interview and found it elicited more recall than standard interviews according to multiple studies. However, the cognitive interview may be less effective or generate incorrect recall for young children.

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Mentally Recreate Context of Accident Report Everything Recall in Different Order Recall From Changed Perspective

Geiselman et al. established the cognitive interview technique in 1985 to improve on traditional eyewitness testimony interviews. The cognitive interview incorporates four concepts - mentally recreating context, reporting all details, recalling events in a different order, and adopting another perspective - to increase accuracy. Subsequent research developed the enhanced cognitive interview and found it elicited more recall than standard interviews according to multiple studies. However, the cognitive interview may be less effective or generate incorrect recall for young children.

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Cognitive Interview Geiselman et al. 1985 established the cognitive interview technique due to the inaccuracy of EWT.

This technique would help police officers when doing interviews. Geiselman involves the use of four concepts which will increase accuracy of EWT: 1. Mentally recreate context of accident e.g. mood state, smells 2. Report everything- reporting every single detail whether relevant or not 3. Recall in different order- may reverse order in which events occurred to interrupt schema activation 4. Recall from changed perspective- try adopt viewpoint of another witness More research led to development of Enhanced Cognitive Interview which is when interviewer minimizes distractions, avoids interruption, uses imagery and more Research into effectiveness of CI Fisher et al. (1990) Researchers trained detectives in Florida to perform a cognitive interview on a real crime. 47% more information recalled than standard interview. Milne and Bull (2002) Cognitive Interview produce more recall than standard interview but only when two or more techniques used Kohnken et al (1999) Carried out a meta-analysis of 53 other studies and found that the CI received 34% more detail than standard interview. Geiselman (1999) Young children seem to find the instructions confusing and as a result produce less reliable recall than with standard police interviews. He recommends that the CI is only used on children aged eight and over. Evaluation: Positive: Lots of research to back it up Has practical applications Widely used

Negative: Not always effective for young children Time consuming and incorrect recall generated according to policemen

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