Rosenhan secondary study describe and conclusion of both studies Flashcards
What happened in the second study?
the staff of a teaching and research hospital, which was aware of the first study, was falsely informed that during the next three months one or more pseudo patients would attempt to be admitted into their hospital
What were staff members asked to do?
Staff members were asked to rate on a 10-point scale each new patient as to the likelihood of them being a pseudo patient.
What was the manipulated independent variable?
The false information was the manipulated independent variable
What was the dependent variable?
the dependent variable was the number of patients which staff subsequently suspected of being pseudo patients.
How many patients were judged?
193
How many patients were confidently judged as pseudo patients by at least one staff member
41
how many patients were suspected by one psychiatrist.
23
How many patients were suspected by one psychiatrist AND one other staff member
19
CONCLUSION. What did Rosenhan claim that the study demonstrated?
Rosenhan claims that the study demonstrates that psychiatrists cannot reliably tell the difference between people who are sane and those who are insane.
CONCLUSION What did the main experiment illustrate a failure in?
The main experiment illustrated a failure to detect sanity, and the secondary study demonstrated a failure to detect insanity.
CONCLUSION What did Rosenhan conclude about labels?
Rosenhan explains that psychiatric labels tend to stick in a way that medical labels do not and that everything a patient does is interpreted in accordance with the diagnostic label once it has been applied.
CONCLUSION what did Rosenhan suggest overall?
He suggested that instead of labelling a person as insane we should focus on the individual’s specific problems and behaviours.
