Who’s Crazy Here, Anyway?
1. On key to identifying whether or not an individual’s behavior should
be considered “abnormal” is to determine if such behavior is deviant,
meaning:
a. the behavior radically violates expectations and norms
b. the behaviors causes a person great difficulty in being satisfied with
life
2. The purpose of Rosenhan’s study was to investigate:
a. whether or not a person stops attempting to control their life once they
have been diagnostically labeled as having a psychological disorder
b. whether a psychological diagnosis is based more on a person’s
symptoms, or more on the context in which the behaviors are
observed
3. Of the eight subjects seeking admittance to various psychiatric
hospitals:
a. only three of the eight were consistently admitted; most were denied
based on the fact that diagnosticians realized they were faking just
from a simply question or two
b. all eight were consistently admitted to various institutions, and most
were even labeled as schizophrenic
4. Once patients were labeled as having a disorder, Rosenhan discovered
that:
a. patient’s once normal behaviors and past histories were re-evaluated
in terms of the disorder they were diagnosed as having
b. most the patients were given compassionate treatment, and were
persuaded to forgo medication in favor of one-on-one counseling
5. One result of Rosenhan’s study is that:
a. psychiatrists have eliminated the use of diagnostic labels altogether in
order to limit discriminatory behaviors towards their patients
b. there has been a greater sense of care in the diagnostic procedures
used to treat patients, including an awareness of the dangers of
labeling