I tell the same story....
Jim Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:00:12 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tips] Info: Movie and Rosenhahn Serafin, John wrote: No, the movie was based on the Kesey novel, which far predated the Rosenhan study. Better to ask whether the Rosenhan study was a spin off from the novel. Perhaps I have mentioned this before on this list. However, my favorite part of the Rosenhan story comes after the experiment, and is rarely recounted. After the study had been publicized, and various psychiatrists and mental hospital officials had offered their array of excuses and criticisms, one of them challenged Rosenhan to send out more fake patients, guaranteeing that he would identify them. Rosenhan agreed. After a period of time past, the psychiatrist claimed to have spotted some fairly large number of confederates (17 comes to mind). When Rosenahn was asked if his challenger had caught all the confederates, he revealed that he had sent out none at all in the intervening months. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=1388 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1388-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1401 or send a blank email to leave-1401-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
