Cost and benefit of a new instruction for the cognitive interview: the open depth instruction

Autor: Céline Launay, Jacques Py, Maïté Brunel
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Psychology, Crime & Law. 19:845-863
ISSN: 1477-2744
1068-316X
DOI: 10.1080/1068316x.2012.684058
Popis: The quality and the quantity of information recalled by eyewitnesses during a criminal investigation is of crucial importance. To increase the volume of details recalled during an interview, the cognitive interview recommends using various retrieval strategies to enhance recall. We tested a new retrieval instruction, the open depth (OD) instruction. The efficacy of this new instruction was assessed with the number of unit of information and the accuracy rate. We also assessed the cost-and-benefit of this new instruction with measures of repetition. Students watched a video of a simulated robbery and participated later in face-to-face interviews. In Study 1 (N=60), the cognitive interview using the OD instruction increased recall compared to the interview using the change of perspective (CP) instruction, without affecting the accuracy rate. The redundancy rate was higher with the OD instruction than with the CP instruction. In Study 2 (N=40), the OD instruction generated more new information without affect...
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