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6. How many days was the longest stay?

  • 7 days
  • 52 days
  • 19 days
  • 15 days

7. Is it true that once a person has been labelled with a mental illness it is hard to shift?

  • Yes
  • No

8. Could it have been harmful if the pseudopatients swallowed the medication instead of flushing it away?

  • Yes
  • No
  • They were placebos

9. What percentage of nurses and doctors completely ignored the pseudopatients?

  • 71% doctors, 88% nurses
  • 63% doctors, 52% nurses
  • 88% doctors, 71% nurses
  • 52% doctors, 63% nurses

10. Does using 12 hospitals for the study mean the findings can be generalised?

  • Yes
  • No

11. What variables could be controlled?

  • Behaviour of the doctors and nurses
  • Pseudopatients behaviour
  • Behaviour of the real patients

12. How many hospitals were used?

  • 3
  • 12
  • 17
  • 6

13. Was it true that all 8 pseudopatients were admitted to hospital?

  • Yes
  • No

14. Was the experiment a field, lab or natural experiment?

  • Natural
  • Field
  • Lab

15. Were the hospital staff deceived?

  • Yes
  • No

16. Did the experiment include participant observation?

  • Yes
  • No

17. Was there mention of a debrief after the study?

  • Only for doctors
  • No
  • Yes

18. When asked, the pseudopatients reported what?

  • All the original symptoms
  • Only some symptoms
  • No further symptoms
  • Negative symptoms