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 that
a. false negatives can interfere with treatment and improvement
b. false positives are extremely rare occurrences
c. false negatives usually occur in clinical settings and hospitals
d. false positives can bias the way people are viewed and treated
Ans: D
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