?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+empirical+test+of+the+%60mnemonics+components'+of+the+Cognitive+Interview&rft.creator=Memon%2C+Amina&rft.creator=Cronin%2C+Orla&rft.creator=Eaves%2C+Richard&rft.creator=Bull%2C+Ray&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+reports+some+preliminary+research+in+which+the+various+mnemonic+components+of+the+Cognitive+Interview+were+isolated+and+compared+with+an+instruction+to+try+harder.+The+purpose+of+this+was+to+control+for+possible+motivational+effects.+Adult+and+children+(aged+5-+9+years)+were+asked+to+recall+details+of+a+staged+event+under+one+of+four+instruction+conditions.+In+the+first+condition%2C+they+were+encouraged+to+reinstate+context%3B+in+the+second+condition+to+change+perspective%3B+in+the+third+condition+to+report+the+event+on+reverse+order+and+in+the+fourth+condition+to+try+harder.+There+were+no+significant+differences+in+correct+recall+or+errors+as+a+function+of+instruction+condition.+An+analysis+of+different+types+of+information+reported+in+the+interviews+suggested+some+types+of+information+were+more+frequently+reported.+Accuracy+rates+were+high+and+while+the+older+children+recalled+more+information+correctly+they+were+no+more+accurate+than+the+younger+children.+The+implications+of+the+findings+are+discussed+with+reference+to+some+of+the+theoretical+and+methodological+issues+raised+by+research+on+cognitive+interviewing.&rft.publisher=Berlin%3A+De+Gruyter&rft.contributor=Davies%2C+G.M.&rft.contributor=Lloyd-Bostock%2C+S.&rft.contributor=McMurran%2C+M.&rft.contributor=Wilson%2C+C.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F647%2F1%2Fmemon.mce%252Bb.html&rft.identifier=++Memon%2C+Amina+and+Cronin%2C+Orla+and+Eaves%2C+Richard+and+Bull%2C+Ray++(1996)+An+empirical+test+of+the+%60mnemonics+components'+of+the+Cognitive+Interview.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F647%2F