David Rosenhan Argues That Misdiagnosis Is Particularly a Problem for Psychologists

question 61

Multiple Choice

David Rosenhan argues that misdiagnosis is particularly a problem for psychologists, as a diagnosis of a mental illness is as influential on the patient as it is on her relatives and friends. It should not surprise anyone that the diagnosis acts as a(n) :

• A) act of tertiary deviance.
• B) sign of structural strain.
• C) gesture of passing.
• D) part of the emotional foreground.
• E) self-fulfilling prophecy.

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