In the Focus on Research in the clinical chapter,research by Rosenhan (1973) was presented in which people were admitted to psychiatric wards.This research demonstrated thatA) false negatives can interfere with treatment and improvementB) false positives are extremely rare occurrencesC) false negatives usually occur in clinical settings and hospitalsD) false positives can bias the way people are viewed and treated

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In the Focus on Research in the clinical chapter,research by Rosenhan (1973) was presented in which people were admitted to psychiatric wards.This research demonstrated thatA)  false negatives can interfere with treatment and improvementB)  false positives are extremely rare occurrencesC)  false negatives usually occur in clinical settings and hospitalsD)  false positives can bias the way people are viewed and treated

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Rosenhan's research demonstrated that false positives (being diagnosed with a mental illness despite not having one) can bias the way people are viewed and treated, leading to potential harm. This was illustrated by the fact that the pseudopatients in the study were often not able to convince the hospital staff that they were not mentally ill, even after their symptoms had resolved.

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