In Rosenhan's Experiment in Which He and Several Colleagues Had

question 34

Multiple Choice

In Rosenhan's experiment in which he and several colleagues had themselves committed to mental hospitals with a diagnosis of "schizophrenia," the staff at the hospital

• A)recognized these phony patients as "phony" during the initial interview.
• B)recognized these phony patients as "phony" when they were caught taking notes on their observations.
• C)recognized these phony patients as "phony" when they dropped all pretense of mental illness and acted normally.
• D)never recognized these phony patients as "phony," although the real patients did see through their pretense.

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