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How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked

Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Should Know
Episode • Sep 29, 2022 • 52m

In 1973 a study was published in Science where psychologist David Rosenhan revealed he had duped hundreds of psychiatric workers by planting perfectly sane pseudopatients within their hospitals and every last one went unnoticed.

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