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What did Rosenhan aim to investigate? |
To investigate whether eight sane individuals who gained admission to 12 hospitals could be distinguished from insane. To investigate the experience of being in an institution. |
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Who were the pseudo-patients? |
8 pseudo-patients were used; 3 females and 5 males, including Rosenhan himself. |
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What was the procedure?
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They gained admission to 12 different hospitals across 5 states by reporting auditory hallucinations of "empty, hollow, thud". All other information was true. Once admitted, they acted normally and stopped simulating symptoms. They all took notes of their experiences. |
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What were the findings? |
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What was the quantitative data gathered from Rosenhan's experiment? |
Staff left their staff room only 11.3% of the time. Nurses only gave verbal responses to patients 2% of the time. This led to all but one wanting to be released immediately due to lack of monitoring and lack of interaction. |
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What did Rosenhan conclude? |
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What were the ethical issues or strengths? |
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