David Rosenhan Sent Some of His Students to a Psychiatric

question 43

Multiple Choice

David Rosenhan sent some of his students to a psychiatric hospital,saying they were "hearing voices." Each pseudo-patient was admitted and diagnosed with a mental disorder.He was illustrating ________ theory.

• A) functionalist
• B) labeling
• C) strain
• D) fatalistic

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Definitions:

Type II Errors

A statistical error that occurs when a test fails to reject a false null hypothesis.

Type I Errors

Incorrectly denying a correct null hypothesis, familiarly termed as a "false positive."

Sampling Frequency

The rate at which samples are taken or recorded from a continuous signal or population for analysis.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a sample from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.