How long did the pseudopatients have to stay in hospital for?
7-52 days, 19 days average
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What did the patients tell the the admissions officer upon arrival to their appointment?
they had been hearing voices saying words like 'hollow', 'empty' and 'thud'
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How did Rosenhan come to the conclusion that schizophrenia is 'sticky'?
Because even when the patients left the ward, they were labelled 'schizophrenia in remissiom', and would never get that removed, and have a social stigma.
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What happened when the patients entered the psychiatric ward?
Ceased to show any abormalities, and made notes about their environment
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Why did all bar one of the sane, normal pseudopatients get admitted into the hospital?
Doctors have a strong bias towards a type 2 error, calling a healthy person sick rather than a sick person healthy
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Why did the staff members think that the real patients in experiment two were pseudopatients?
Because they were trying to avoid making type 2 errors as they thought that normal sane people were going to come in to the ward.
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Who were the people who had to try to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital?
8 Pseudopatients who were of various ages and professions
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What did the patients tell the the admissions officer upon arrival to their appointment?
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they had been hearing voices saying words like 'hollow', 'empty' and 'thud'
Card 3
Front
How did Rosenhan come to the conclusion that schizophrenia is 'sticky'?
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Card 4
Front
What happened when the patients entered the psychiatric ward?
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Card 5
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Why did all bar one of the sane, normal pseudopatients get admitted into the hospital?
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