The effects of two interview techniques, the Cognitive Interview (CI) and the Structured Interview (SI), were examined in relation to recall, recognition, confidence and the confidence/ accuracy relationship. Volunteer subjects witnessed a live staged event, and at set time delays (48 and 96 hours)
Children's recall and the cognitive interview: do the positive effects hold over time?
✍ Scribed by Anneli S. Larsson; Pär Anders Granhag; Emma Spjut
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
- DOI
- 10.1002/acp.863
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Most studies investigating how the Cognitive Interview affects children's recall have employed short retention intervals (a week or less). In our study children (10–11 years old) saw a film picturing an extraordinary performance by a professional fakir. Half of the children were interviewed after seven days (n = 24) and the other half after six months (n = 25). At each test session, half were interviewed according to the Cognitive Interview (CI), and half according to the Structured Interview (SI). We found that: (a) the children in the CI condition recalled significantly more correct information than the children in the SI condition (both after seven days and after six months), and (b) the children interviewed after seven days recalled significantly more correct information, and less confabulations, compared to the children interviewed after six months. The results suggest that the CI can be used as an investigative tool both after short and long retention intervals. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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