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
Implied
The correct answer should be supported by P3, which describes the hypnotic interviewing technique.
a
Interviews yield more ██████████ ███████████ ████ ████████ ████████████
The author doesn’t suggest that hypnotic interviews produce “more” inaccurate information compared to accurate information. Although it can lead to less overall accuracy, that doesn’t mean most of the information provided is inaccurate. For example, going from 90% accurate to 80% accurate is still a decrease in accuracy.
There’s no evidence that hypnosis becomes less effective over the course of the interview.
Difficulty
65% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%149
156
75%164
Analysis
Implied
Law
Problem-analysis
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
27%
156
b
2%
155
c
3%
158
d
65%
164
e
3%
155
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