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21 Cards in this Set
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How many pseudo-patients where there |
8 |
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How many women and men |
3 women 5 men |
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Professions: |
3 psychologist 1 psychiatrist 1 pediatrician 1 painter 1 housewife |
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Did they use their original identity? |
No, they employed pseudonyms, didn't want info to get on official health record. |
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Who are the two people that actually where aware of the presence of Rosenhan ? |
Chief psychologist and hospital administrator. |
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Did the hospital staff know anything |
Presence of pseudo patients and the nature of the research program was not known to the hospital staff. |
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How many hospitals in how many states ? |
12 hospitals in 5 states on East and West Coast. |
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Was there a variety of hospitals ? |
Yea, some where old, some new, some strictly private and others where public |
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What was the excuse to get in? |
They said that they heard voices saying thud, empty, hallow.
Voices where unfamiliar and were of the same sex as pps |
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Fetuses of voices: |
Voices where unfamiliar and were of the same sex as pps |
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What did the pseudo patient falsify |
Name Vocation Employment |
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What was kept the same for pseudo patients? |
Patients life history was presented as they actually occurred.
Friends, family, etc. |
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Why are those important facts to remember? |
They strongly bias the subsequent results in favor of detecting sanity. |
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What happened once they where admitted? |
They immediately stopped any signs/symptoms of abnormality.
Acted normal and even talked with members of staff and doctors |
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They responded normally to calls from: |
Attendant, medication calls, dining instructions |
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What about the notes writing: |
They wrote their notes and observations secretly however, it soon became clear that nobody cared and assumed it to be part of their disorder. |
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Did the pseudo patients know how long they where going to stay in psychiatric ward: |
No, didn't know when they could be discharged |
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Where the pseudo patients ever detected? |
Nope |
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How many where admitted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia? |
All but 1, however all discharged with schizophrenia in remission |
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What about: "in remission " |
Shows that the once labeled with a disorder, the label will forever stick. |
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What was the length of hospitalization for ? |
Ranged from 7 to 52 days, average of 19 days. |
