Rosenhan (1973) Flashcards
What was the aim of the first study?
To see if 8 people who gained admission into 12 different hospitals would be found to be sane
1 .Did the individuals conducting the study start off sane or insane?
Sane
- How many pseudo patients were there?
8, 3 women, 5 men. The pseudo patients were not the participants, the hospital staff were
- How did they get an appointment?
They telephoned
- What false symptoms were reported?
Hearing voices saying ‘empty’, ‘hollow’ and ‘thud’ as they seemed to place emphasis on the persons life
- How did the pseudo patients feel after being admitted to the hospital?
They felt nervous as they didn’t think they would be so easily admitted
- How were the pseudo patients going to get out of the hospital?
They had to convince the staff they were sane
- How many pseudo patients were admitted?
8
- How long did they remain in hospital?
Average of 19 days, 7-52 days
- When they were released, did they lose their abnormal label?
No
What is a type 1 error?
An incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, diagnosing a sick person as healthy
What is a type 2 error?
When an incorrect null hypothesis is accepted, being more likely to diagnose a healthy person as sick
- What happened once the pseudo patients were admitted?
They stopped displaying symptoms of abnormality and didn’t swallow any medication
- What did the pseudo patients do whilst they were on the ward?
They made notes of their observations
- What were the pseudo patients diagnosed with?
7 with schizophrenia, 1 with bipolar depression
- What were the patients discharged as?
schizophrenics in remission