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Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes Rosenhan's Research on Psychiatric

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Which of the following statements accurately describes Rosenhan's research on psychiatric diagnosis and treatment ("Being sane in insane places") ?


A) when the pseudo-patients intercepted staff members to ask them simple questions, more than 70% of the psychiatrists and nursing staff averted their eyes and walked away
B) the fact that the psychiatrists were unable to detect the "sanity" of the pseudo-patients was primarily because the pseudo-patients were not acting "sane" enough
C) other mental patients were even less accurate than the medical staff in detecting the "sanity" of the pseudo-patients
D) most of the pseudo-patients were released with a diagnosis of "no detectable mental illness"
E) all of the statements listed above describe Rosenhan's research

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