What Did David Rosenhan Describe in "On Being Sane in Insane

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Multiple Choice

What did David Rosenhan describe in "On Being Sane in Insane Places"?

• A) Although it may be difficult for the rest of us, psychiatrists can easily differentiate between those who are mentally ill and those who are not.
• B) Researchers posing as "pseudo-patients" in a mental hospital but otherwise acting normally were treated as mentally ill by the hospital staff.
• C) Patients were unable to determine who among them were really researchers posing as "pseudo-patients."
• D) Researchers working in mental hospitals started to develop higher rates of mental illness.

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