Abstract
This study examines the effects of two types of cognitive interview on recall and source recognition of information presented in a film and in a questionnaire. Specifically, the study assesses the effects of interview on the source recognition of repeated misinformation. Seventy-two undergraduates were shown a film followed by questions including items of misinformation. The number of exposures to the misinformation was manipulated, to be 0, 1, or 3 times. Twenty-four hours later, the participants were interviewed in either a cognitive interview (CI), a modified cognitive interview (MCI) consisting of context reinstatement and report everything techniques, or a structured interview (SI). A source recognition test for the misinformation was then given. The results indicated that although the MCI took less time than the CI, they elicited similar levels of misinformation, which were greater than with the SI. However, source recognition performance was better for the CI than for both the MCI and SI. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
