In "On Being Sane in Insane Places," David Rosenhan Suggests

question 121

Multiple Choice

In "On Being Sane in Insane Places," David Rosenhan suggests that:

• A) although it may be difficult for the rest of us, psychiatrists can easily differentiate between those who are sane and those who are insane.
• B) staff working in mental hospitals often take on the behavioral characteristics of patients.
• C) researchers posing as "pseudopatients" in a mental hospital, but otherwise acting normally, were nonetheless treated as insane by the hospital staff.
• D) mental patients were unable to determine who among them were really researchers posing as "pseudopatients."
• E) researchers, working in mental hospitals, started to develop higher rates of mental illness.

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