Rosenhan's Study on Being Sane in Insane Places
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- Created on: 05-07-19 17:45
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2. What was the aim of the study?
- To see if the sane can be reliably distinguished from the insane
- To see if the the insane can be perceived as sane by clinicians
- To see if mental health treatments help those with mental illness
- To assess the effects of an mental hospital on someone considered sane
3. What happened at the start of Study 1?
- Pseudo patients tried to leave their ward, saying that the voices had gone away
- Pseudo patients feigned a psychotic episode outside/near a hospital
- Pseudo patients tried to gain admission into mental hospitals by saying they heard voices
- Staff were told that pseudo patients would try to be admitted into their hospital
4. What did Rosenhan find out about labels from Study 1?
- Some labels were seen as worse than others, and this affected how the staff treated the patients
- They were hard to remove, as a large number of normal behaviours were associated with their mental illness
- Labels were strictly followed, and people were identified by them
- They were largely ignored by patients and staff, and weren't differentiated
5. How many months did study 2 take place over?
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 6
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