OCR A-Level Psychology Rosenhan (1973) study Question and answers verified to pass

OCR A-Level Psychology Rosenhan
(1973) study Question and answers
verified to pass
Aim - correct answer ✔to investigate whether the sane can be reliably
distinguished frm the insane
whether sane individuals would be admitted to mental hospitals and if they
would be discovered
whether genuine patients would be misidentified as sane by staff


Confederates - correct answer ✔8 confederates acted as pseudopatients, all
gave false details


Sample - correct answer ✔patients and staff from 12 psychiactric hospitals in
the US


Procedure ex1 - correct answer ✔called hospital for appointment
complained af hearing voice saying empty, hollow and thud
once in hospital psps behaved normally, spent time writing observations about
war, patients and staff


Results ex1 - correct answer ✔patients never suspected by staff but 35/118
patients voiced suspicion
behaviours interpreted in terms of diagnoisis eg. queueing early for lunch
seen as pathological
hospitalisation time ranged from 7-52 days avg 19 days, discharged with
diagnosis of schizophrenia in remission