Q9

[yin yinw747]

Hello,
Is E wrong because the author says explicitly that cognitive interviewing (an example of a complex method) does not lead to more inaccuracies (line 17-20). Is if A because the author says that a problem associated w cognitive interview is that it is complex and sites deviation as one of the implications of the complexity, therefore we can infer that he is saying it may make it not as effective?

[ohthatpatrick]

There's no great way to hunt for support on an open-ended "Author would most likely agree with _____ ", other than to ask yourself, "What paragraph most contained the author's voice, or which moments in the passage do I remember having some sort of attitudinal marker?"

In this passage, we know that the author is ultimately favoring "closed eyes" over "cognitive interview" and "hypnosis", so the author will probably agree that
- cognitive interview and hypnosis have at least one significant drawback
- closed eyes has at least one significant advantage

Other than that, we should just be very wary of overly strong or specific wording, since we need a line reference to support whichever answer we pick.

A) Safely worded, but I don't remember this being the drawback the author saw with the cognitive interview. She was worried more that officers wouldn't have sufficient training, not that they would deviate from the training.

B) "derives largely" is semi-strong. This doesn't seem to reinforce any author emphasis. Was the author making a point anywhere in the passage that "developing rapport" is a very meaningful factor? Can't remember this.

C) "effective use requires essentially no training" is very strong. We can look that up to officially disprove it or cast it aside for now.

D) Ooooh, super soft wording: "may need to". I don't know what this is in reference to, but because of its soft wording, I'll go hunting for possible support if (E) seems like a stinker.

E) "will usually result" is semi-strong. We can't find the author placing this much confidence in a causal connection between complexity and unreliability. Also, cognitive interview is a counterexample. It's more complex than hypnosis but also more reliable.

If we look for support for (D), is there anything in the passage about desiring visual vs. auditory information?

Scanning the last paragraph first (since that was the main Author's Voice paragraph), I see visual and auditory in line 52.

Reading that sentence (and any needed context), can we support the idea that police may need to use "different techniques"? No, actually. Line 52 sounds like the opposite. It sounds like eye-closure can handle visual and auditory.

Hmmm, so next I would revisit (A), since it was softly worded and I didn't look it up to confirm/disprove.

This would come from the cognitive interview paragraph (P2), since that's when the author was concerned about how much training was involved.

Scanning for "training", we see lines 20-26. Reading them again, can they support (A)?

Yeah, probably. The author defines in line 20 that it's a "problem" with the cognitive interview that .... "even trained officers deviate from the procedures".

So the author presumably believes (A), that if interviewers deviate from the training, the cognitive interview isn't as effective.

(A) is correct.

Hope this helps.

[JodieH325]

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