Describe the cognitive interview. Why did psychologists develop this particular interview?
What will be an ideal response?
* Serious problems are associated with hypnosis and the use of suggestive questions in interviews.
* After listening to numerous tape recordings, psychologists found typical interviews involved many questions (often closed-ended) and frequent interruptions.
* The cognitive interview involves more of a narrative description of an incident; fewer questions are asked and they are generally open-ended.
* A witness may be asked to reinstate the mental content or setting in which the incident occurred, and may be asked to remember the events in different temporal order.
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