Philip A. Higham (1996) Analyzing States of Consciousness During Retrieval
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Psycoloquy 7(17): Analyzing States of Consciousness During Retrieval
ANALYZING STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS DURING RETRIEVAL
AS A WAY TO IMPROVE THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEW
Commentary on Memon & Stevenage on Witness-Memory
Philip A. Higham
Department of Psychology
University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Prince George, B.C.
CANADA V2N 4Z9
Wayne T. Roberts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Detachment
999 Brunswick Street
Prince George, B.C.
CANADA V2L 2C3
highamp@unbc.edu
robertsw@ugrad.unbc.edu
Abstract
Memon & Stevenage's (1996) review of the cognitive
interview suggests that it yields many errors and confabulations as
well as accurate information. We argue that the demand
characteristics of the interview persuade witnesses to provide
details in their reports that are not consciously recollected. We
suggest limiting errors by instructing witnesses to indicate,
during the interview, whether they "remember" (consciously
recollect) or "know" (believe, but do not recollect) that a given
detail occurred.
Keywords
Cognitive interview, errors, eyewitness memory,
facilitated recall, police procedures, questioning, recovered
memories, structured interview.
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