ROSENHAN, D. L.
(I973)
Published: A.S. Psychology http://www.holah.karoo.net/rosenhanstudy.htm
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BEFORE YOU READ
FURTHER STUDY
QUESTIONS
1.
The classification of mental illness is no
longer haphazard because …
2.
The aim of the Rosenhan’s study was to show that
......................... still cannot be distinguished from each other.
3.
We understand from the first paragraph of the
section titled “Procedure” that the study met / didn’t meet the criteria
necessary to conduct a scientific study.
4.
The vast majority of the people taking part in
the study were…. Use your own words.
5.
The choice of complaints was random / haphazard
/ calculated / arbitrary
6.
What aspects of the staff’s behavior towards the
pseudo patients are hard to understand? They disregarded the fact
that…………………………….and the fact that………………………………
7.
What was ironic about the reactions the pseudo
patients received at the hospital?
8.
The mistake the hospital staff made in assessing
the pseudo patients was seeing….
9.
Which of the sayings below could best express
the main idea of the paragraph beginning “Another example”? Mark as many as
fit.
·
When you hear the sound of galloping, think
horses not zebras
·
If you judge people, you have no time to love
them
·
Don’t trust everything you see; even salt looks
like sugar
·
We build too many walls and not enough bridges
·
Do what you can, with what you have, where you
are
10.
The treatment of patients on a daily basis is
analyzed in the text. How could it be described?
Considerate / inhuman / insensitive /
invasive
11.
Read the account of the administering of
medication. What conclusion can you draw about the staff’s attitude?
·
They didn’t visit the toilettes
·
The medicine was a placebo
·
They trusted the patients
·
They had no cameras in the toilettes
·
They were uninterested
12.
Read the information concerning the second
experiment. What is the take home point from the section? How many fit?
·
The doctors seem to see what they want to see
·
The doctors are not properly trained
·
The doctors probably don’t treat their patients
properly
·
The judgment of the doctors seems to be clouded
·
The doctors seem to have an over-active
imagination
13.
What conclusion can be drawn from the results of
the two experiments?
14.
The way the different variables were selected
allowed for…
15.
How were the problems that came to light as a
result of Rosehan’s study dealt with? By adopting …
16.
Numerous psychiatric institutions reacted to
Rosenhan’s findings by…
WRITING TASK
Write an essay discussing the problems involved in the
diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Before you do so, watch the videos and
documentaries below:
Videos:
·
Towards an understanding of mental illness https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_insel_toward_a_new_understanding_of_mental_illness#t-63561
Documentary:
·
Understanding Mental Illness, Episode 1: What is
Mental Illness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MvY-Qpl1I4
·
Understanding Mental Illness, Episode 2:
Community Based Programs
ON BEING SANE IN
INSANE PLACES TEACHERS’ NOTES AND KEY
This wonderful text
is an account of Rosenhan’s famous experiment concerning the diagnosis of
mental disease. The text is a straightforward and factual one. Yet the
questions are inferential ones. It is harder to write such questions for a text
like this but it is possible. Such questions ensure that the students are fully
engaged.
1. Because
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is used to classify
abnormal behavior
2.
Sane and insane people
3.
Met
4.
Possible answer: Professionals, educated,
trained,
5.
Calculated
6.
The pseudo patients said they were fine and no
longer experienced symptoms / they spent time writing notes
7.
They were not suspected by the staff but many of
the others suspected their sanity
8.
Everyday human experiences and behaviors as
pathological
9.
The first one and the third one
10.
Insensitive
11.
They were uninterested
12.
One, four and five
13.
Psychiatric labels tend to stick in a way that
medical labels do not (This is the minimum you need)
14.
The results to be generalized
15.
DSM-III
16.
Improving their philosophy of care
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