Memon and Higham: a review of cognitive interview

four sections of article

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what was found when the different components of CI were tested individually with child participants?

- 5 and 8 year olds were interviewed about staged event using context reinstatement (CR), change perspective (CP) and change order (CO) while control group were asked to try harder
- no significant differences in recall performance
- CI wasn't useful for

what was found when the different components of CI were tested individually against full procedure?

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why is it necessary to test all components of CI separately?

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can CI be compared with the Standard Interview?

- issue with validity of interview being compared as it isn't measured in the same way so the lack of consistency leads to low reliability
- with CI additional time and attention is dedicated to it
- moreover interviewers would be more motivated to perfor

can CI be compared with the Guided Memory interview (GMI)?

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How can memory be measured?

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quality of training

differences in attitudes, motivation and prior experience of interviewers play a big role in determining the results obtained with the CI

suggestions for training based on findings

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conclusions of article

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possible 15 marker topics

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evaluation: psychology as a science

cause and effect
- IV: each component of CI tested separately
- DV: memory - amount of accurate info; issues with this because unaware of amount of potential information that needs to be recalled
- control group: use GMI and not standard interview
- extra