It is noted that there is limited research on situations in which a witness encounters misleading information after they have completed a cognitive interview, or CI where certain techniques are employed to elicit more accurate details in memory. This is an important point of research because the extensive literature on the misinformation effect shows that witnesses who have been exposed to misinformation may recall these misleading details during later testimony (Rivard, Lapaglia, Wilford, Chan, Fisher, 2013). Past research has indicated that taking an initial memory test can enhance one’s retention of learned material. For this study in particular, the purpose was to examine whether the cognitive interview, with all of its memory enhancing
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It was hypothesized that participants who engaged in a cognitive interview would recall the misinformation at a higher rate than those in the control condition. It was also hypothesized that completing an initial CI, but not free recall, may reduce false recall relative to the no-test control condition (Rivard et al., 2013). The independent variable was the immediate use of the CI used here to measure the dependent variable of retrieval-enhancement and eyewitness suggestibility. A total of 102 undergraduate students (47 women, 55 men), with majority from a Midwestern University (72 participants), experienced the 3 x 2 mixed design of this study. The three test conditions were control, free recall, and Cognitive Interview paired with the two post-event items of misinformation and neutral. These test conditions were manipulated between subjects, and the post-event item types were manipulated within subjects (Rivard et al., 2013). Participants were tested in groups of up to seven in the control and free recall conditions and
It was hypothesized that participants who engaged in a cognitive interview would recall the misinformation at a higher rate than those in the control condition. It was also hypothesized that completing an initial CI, but not free recall, may reduce false recall relative to the no-test control condition (Rivard et al., 2013). The independent variable was the immediate use of the CI used here to measure the dependent variable of retrieval-enhancement and eyewitness suggestibility. A total of 102 undergraduate students (47 women, 55 men), with majority from a Midwestern University (72 participants), experienced the 3 x 2 mixed design of this study. The three test conditions were control, free recall, and Cognitive Interview paired with the two post-event items of misinformation and neutral. These test conditions were manipulated between subjects, and the post-event item types were manipulated within subjects (Rivard et al., 2013). Participants were tested in groups of up to seven in the control and free recall conditions and