Personality & Abnormal Psychology: Problem of Labeling

Question 1

David Rosenhan

Answer 1

Conducted a study where “sane” people were placed in an “insane” place. The study was used to determine whether people can be mislabeled mentally ill

Question 2

Rosenhan’s Conclusion

Answer 2

Clinicians need to exercise greater care when judging normality and abnormality.

Question 3

Thomas Szasz

Answer 3

A critic of labeling people “mentally ill”. He believed that disorders are not illnesses but traits or behaviors that differ from the cultural norm.

Question 4

The Myth of Mental Illness

Answer 4

by Thomas Szasz. He argued that mental disorders were just society’s way of forcing people to change an conform.