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• What is the purpose of applying psychological understanding of memory to police interviews?

  To improve the accuracy of eyewitness testimony
• What are some limitations of eyewitness testimony mentioned in the video?

  Anxiety, misleading information, post-event contamination
• Who studied witness interview techniques in Florida in the late 80s?

  Fisher
• What did Fisher observe about the standard interview technique?

  Witnesses were bombarded with closed questions
• What is one major flaw of the standard interview according to Fisher?

  Witnesses weren't able to talk freely
• What are the four defining features of the cognitive interview?

  Context reinstatement, report everything, perspective change, reverse order
• What does context reinstatement involve in the cognitive interview?

  Asking the witness to mentally return to the crime scene
• What is the purpose of asking witnesses to report everything they remember?

  To capture all details, even irrelevant ones
• What does recalling from a changed perspective aim to achieve?

  To disrupt the witness's schema and reduce bias
• How does recalling in reverse order help witnesses?

  It disrupts their schema and expectations
• What is the enhanced cognitive interview designed to do?

  Help witnesses feel comfortable and establish rapport
• What did Fisher's field research involve?

  Training detectives in the cognitive interview
• What were the results of Fisher's research on cognitive interviews?

  Cognitive interview trained detectives gained more information
• What did Kroken's meta-analysis reveal about the cognitive interview?

  It increased recall of accurate information
• What was the accuracy rate for the cognitive interview according to Kroken's analysis?

  85% accuracy
• What did Mine and Bull's study find about the cognitive interview instructions?

  No difference between each instruction's effectiveness
• What combination of cognitive interview aspects increased information recall?

  Context reinstatement and report everything
• What is a limitation of the cognitive interview in real-world applications?

  It takes time and requires trained officers
• Why might police forces hesitate to use cognitive interviews?

  Due to limited financial resources and time
• What is a weakness of the cognitive interview regarding identity parades?

  It is not effective for identifying subjects
• What modification was made to the cognitive interview for younger children?

  A modified cognitive interview was developed
• What age group was the modified cognitive interview shown to be effective for?

  Four to five year olds
• What are the key features of the cognitive interview?

  • Context reinstatement
  • Report everything
  • Recall from a changed perspective
  • Recall in reverse order
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the cognitive interview?

  Strengths:

  • Increases amount of information recalled
  • High validity from real detective studies

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Time-consuming
  • Requires trained officers
  • Not effective for identity parades
• What is the overall effectiveness of the cognitive interview compared to the standard interview?

  • More information recalled
  • Similar accuracy rates (85% vs 82%)