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| Why was this experiment carried out? |
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| Staff at a research and teaching hospital had heard about Rosenhan's experiments and did not think the same thing could happen at their hospital. |
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| What happened before the experiment started? |
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| The staff were told that a fake patient would try to be admitted within the next three months. |
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| What did the staff have to do while the experiment was in process? |
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| The staff had to rate them on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being the most likely they were the pseudopatient. |
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| How many patients were judged in total? |
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| How many patients were suspected of being the pseudopatient by at least 1 staff member? |
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| How many patients were suspect of being the pseudopatient by at least one psychiatrist? |
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| How many patients were suspected by one psychiatrist and another staff member? |
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| What were the two conclusions from this study? |
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| Diagnosis of mental illness is often unreliable; diagnosing sane people insane is more common when the stakes, such as credibility, are high. |
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