When interviewing witnesses to a crime, police interviewers seek to maximize the amount of information that a cooperating eyewitness can give them so that they can generate leads to follow, confirm or disconfirm . ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ███
Intro to Topic ·Police interviews of eyewitnesses
Goal is to maximize the amount of true information from eyewitnesses. How do police do this?
Cognitive interview is complex. Too hard to learn. Too hard to implement. So it's great if it's executed properly but it's too hard to execute properly.
1. requires no special training (better than cognitive interview); 2. can be applied to everyone (better than hypnosis); 3. has positive effect on true recall with no increase in false recall (better than hypnosis).
Evidence of Success ·"Close your eyes" is the best method
Improve true recall to similar degree as cognitive interview. Everyone can use this technique, unlike hypnosis. Doesn't require any specialized training, unlike cognitive interview.
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
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Question Type
RC analogy
The author describes eye-closure as having the same benefits of the cognitive interview, but without the drawbacks of it. In addition, eye-closure is one component of the cognitive interview technique. So let’s look for an answer involving a technique that’s just as effective as another technique, and is a part of that other technique.
This doesn’t involve one technique that’s part of the other technique. Frequent light exercise isn’t part of “most strenuous exercise on a less frequent basis.”
This is the most analogous. The techniques have equal benefits. And, fiber consumption is part of “reduced consumption of saturated fat combined with an increase consumption of fiber” in the same way that eye-closure is a part of the cognitive interview technique.
This doesn’t describe two techniques with equal benefits.
Difficulty
83% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%135
145
75%156
Analysis
RC analogy
Law
Problem-analysis
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
6%
157
b
83%
163
c
2%
152
d
0%
152
e
9%
156
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