David Rosenhan's famous study of diagnosis and treatment in mental hospitals conducted in 1973 indicated that:
A. clinicians tend to reinterpret client information to confirm the diagnosis applied to that client.
B. tests of personality are accurate.
C. clinical intuition was more accurate than statistical prediction in the diagnosis of mental illnesses.
D. early childhood trauma predicted onset of adult schizophrenia.
Answer: A
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