The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings

The area of investigative interviewing was revolutionised with the creation of the cognitive interview, which added psychological aspects to the basic interview conducted by the police at the time. The cognitive interview has undergone many evolutions since then, such as the enhanced cognitive inter...

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Main Author: Mason, Matthew
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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description The area of investigative interviewing was revolutionised with the creation of the cognitive interview, which added psychological aspects to the basic interview conducted by the police at the time. The cognitive interview has undergone many evolutions since then, such as the enhanced cognitive interview and the PEACE interview. Humour was considered, due to its pro-social properties, such as: emotion regulation, increasing attention and engagement. This study aimed to investigate whether humour could be added to cognitive interviews, without hindering the established techniques, and potentially improving it. Using a virtual cognitive interview, participants were randomly allocated into three conditions: humorous cognitive interview (HCI), standard cognitive interview (SCI), and control standard interview (CSI). All watched the same 5-minute movie clip. The amount of correct information recalled, and total number of answers given were recorded. Results indicated that humour does not negatively affect the cognitive interview process. The implications of adding humour to cognitive interviews to assist with rapport-building and the humanitarian approach to interviewing are discussed, as well as gathering information from vulnerable populations.
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spelling nottingham-636572025-02-28T12:23:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63657/ The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings Mason, Matthew The area of investigative interviewing was revolutionised with the creation of the cognitive interview, which added psychological aspects to the basic interview conducted by the police at the time. The cognitive interview has undergone many evolutions since then, such as the enhanced cognitive interview and the PEACE interview. Humour was considered, due to its pro-social properties, such as: emotion regulation, increasing attention and engagement. This study aimed to investigate whether humour could be added to cognitive interviews, without hindering the established techniques, and potentially improving it. Using a virtual cognitive interview, participants were randomly allocated into three conditions: humorous cognitive interview (HCI), standard cognitive interview (SCI), and control standard interview (CSI). All watched the same 5-minute movie clip. The amount of correct information recalled, and total number of answers given were recorded. Results indicated that humour does not negatively affect the cognitive interview process. The implications of adding humour to cognitive interviews to assist with rapport-building and the humanitarian approach to interviewing are discussed, as well as gathering information from vulnerable populations. 2020-12-11 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63657/1/MM%20Research%20Portfolio.pdf Mason, Matthew (2020) The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings. MSc(Res) thesis, University of Nottingham. Forensic Interviewing Humour Vulnerable Cognitive
spellingShingle Forensic
Interviewing
Humour
Vulnerable
Cognitive
Mason, Matthew
The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title_full The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title_fullStr The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title_full_unstemmed The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title_short The effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
title_sort effect of humour during investigative interviewing in forensic settings
topic Forensic
Interviewing
Humour
Vulnerable
Cognitive
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/63657/