Rosenhan's Study on Being Sane in Insane Places

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What was the aim of the study?
To see if the sane can be reliably distinguished from the insane
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How many pseudo patients were used in Study 1?
8 including Rosenhan
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How many hospitals were used in the study?
12
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How many US states was the study conducted across?
5
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Why were the words chosen for the pseudo patients to hear
They weren't linked to a diagnosis but were linked to mental illness
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What happened at the start of Study 1?
Pseudo patients tried to gain admission into mental hospitals by saying they heard voices
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What did pseudo patients try to do throughout Study 1?
Collect data on patients and leave the hospital
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What was the experimental method?
Field Experiment
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What was the observational method used?
Participant Observation
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How easily were pseudo patients able to get out
With great difficulty and a label of schizophrenia in remission
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What did Rosenhan find out about labels from Study 1?
They were hard to remove, as a large number of normal behaviours were associated with their mental illness
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How many patients were used for the second study
193
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How many months did study 2 take place over?
3
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What percentage of patients were pseudo patients in study 2?
0
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How did staff rate whether or not they believed a patient was fake
Used a 10 point scale, were 1 was definitely fake
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What was the error found in study 2?
Type 2
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What was the average contact time between patients and staff?
6.8 Minutes
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