The cognitive interview arose as a technique to overcome many of the flaws that were in police interviews before the advent of the cognitive interview.
Some of these flaws included the possibility of intentionally'unintentionally manipulating the memory of of eyewitnesses. Elizabeth Loftus exposed the reconstructive nature of memory in a paper in the mid 70s and since then has proceeded to build upon that work and investigating false memories.
The cognitive interview was deeloped so that the eyewitness could explain or not explain exactly what was their scope of recall without being influenced in any particular direction.
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The cognitive interview arose as a technique to overcome many of the flaws that were in police interviews before the advent of the cognitive interview.
Some of these flaws included the possibility of intentionally'unintentionally manipulating the memory of of eyewitnesses. Elizabeth Loftus exposed the reconstructive nature of memory in a paper in the mid 70s and since then has proceeded to build upon that work and investigating false memories.
The cognitive interview was deeloped so that the eyewitness could explain or not explain exactly what was their scope of recall without being influenced in any particular direction.