?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reducing+suggestibility+in+child+witness+interviews&rft.creator=Memon%2C+Amina&rft.creator=Holley%2C+Angela&rft.creator=Wark%2C+Linsey&rft.creator=Bull%2C+Ray&rft.creator=Koehnken%2C+Guenter&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=This+study+set+out+to+test+the+prediction+that+a+Cognitive+Interview+may+increase+resistance+to+subsequent+misleading+suggestions+in+child+witness+interviews.+The+misleading+information+was+presented+in+the+form+of+questions+both+prior+to%2C+and+after%2C+a+cognitive+or+structured+interview+to+8+and+9+year+old+witnesses+to+a+video-taped+event.+Use+of+the+cognitive+interview+resulted+in+more+correct+responses+to+post-interview+questions+than+did+the+structured+interview+eventhough+there+was+not+quite+a+significant+effect+of+the+cognitive+interview+on+information+recalled+during+the+actual+interview.+On+the+basis+of+their+interview+performance+the+children+were+classified+as+%60intruders'+or+%60non-intruders'+(i.e.+those+children+who+intruded+pre-interview+misleading+items+into+the+subsequent+interview+and+those+who+did+not).+The+%60non-intruders'+made+significantly+fewer+errors+on+the+post-interview+questions+indicating+lower+vulnerability+to+misleading+information.+Moreover%2C+those+children+who+selected+the+%60don't+know'+option+made+fewer+errors+in+the+interview+and+were+more+accurate+in+their+responses.+Theoretical+and+practical+implications+of+the+data+are+discussed+in+the+context+of+group+differences+in+vulnerability+to+suggestion+and+techniques+for+increasing+resistance+to+suggestion.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F709%2F1%2Fmemon.suggestibility.html&rft.identifier=++Memon%2C+Amina+and+Holley%2C+Angela+and+Wark%2C+Linsey+and+Bull%2C+Ray+and+Koehnken%2C+Guenter++(1996)+Reducing+suggestibility+in+child+witness+interviews.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F709%2F