Changing perspectives in cognitive interviewing
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Psychology, Crime & Law
- Vol. 1 (1) , 59-69
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10683169408411936
Abstract
A study is presented which investigated aspects of a specialist method for taking evidence from witnesses known as ‘Cognitive Interviewing’. Specifically, the study sought to evaluate four techniques used in this form of interviewing, namely the Report All, Reinstate Context, Change Order, and the Change Perspectives mnemonics. The findings suggest that while none of these mnemonics significantly increased inaccuracy, all but the Change Perspectives mnemonic facilitated recall of accurate information. The findings are discussed in terms of the applied functional utility of each of the mnemonics and the Cognitive Interview procedure in general.Keywords
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