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Classic Study - Rosenhan 1973What were Rosenhan's aims?-✔✔To reveal flaws in the process of
psychiatric diagnosis and demonstrate that psychiatrists are unable to
distinguish the sane from the insane
What did he provide evidence for?-✔✔The disorders lie with the person
making the diagnosis not the individual
What were the professions of the confederates?-✔✔A psychology student,
paediatrician, psychiatrist, painter, housewife and three psychologists
How many were male and female?-✔✔5 males, 3 females
What symptoms did the pseudopatients complain of?-✔✔Hearing a same
sex unfamiliar voice that was unclear but said 'hollow', 'empty', 'thud' (terms
not usually linked to SZ)
What did they lie about?-✔✔Their jobs and names but all other information
provided was true, they said they were no longer hearing voices
How many psychiatric hospitals did they approach?-✔✔12 along the east
and west coast
What did they have to do to be released?-✔✔Convince staff they were
sane, so they behaved cooperatively, followed orders from staff and chatted
to other patients
How did the pseudopatients record their observations?-✔✔Initially in
private in a journal but as staff paid little attention to activities, they wrote
freely
What happened in the follow up study?-✔✔some hospitals wanted to
show this wouldn't happen in their workplace so Rosenhan agreed to send
more pseudopatients
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