Selecting accurate statements from the cognitive interview using confidence ratings.

Full Abstract

Participants viewed a videotape of a simulated murder, and their recall (and confidence) was tested 1 week later with the cognitive interview. Results indicated that (a) the subset of statements assigned high confidence was more accurate than the full set of statements; (b) the accuracy benefit was limited to information that forensic experts considered relevant to an investigation, whereas peripheral information showed the opposite pattern; (c) the confidence-accuracy relationship was higher for relevant than for peripheral information; (d) the focused-retrieval phase was associated with a greater proportion of peripheral and a lesser proportion of relevant information than the other phases; and (e) only about 50% of the relevant information was elicited, and most of this was elicited in Phase 1.

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Author information

Author/s: Roberts, Wayne T (WT); Higham, Philip A (PA);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Applied (J Exp Psychol Appl), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 8 (issue 1) : pp 33-43

Dates: Created 2002/05/14; Completed 2002/06/18; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12009175, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Crime
Criminal Law
Decision Making - physiology
Humans
Interviews as Topic - methods

Interviews as Topic - methods
Judgment
Mental Recall - physiology
Self Assessment (Psychology)
Videotape Recording

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