The primary reason why Rosenhan (1973) used participant observation to study psychiatric diagnosis in the context of a psychiatric hospital by having "pseudopatients" seek admission was to
A. establish a comparison by manipulating an independent variable to determine its effect on behavior.
B. investigate the limits of an organism's response by varying systematically the qualities of a stimulus event.
C. precipitate or cause an event that occurs infrequently in nature.
D. gain access to a situation or event that is generally not open to scientific investigation.
D. gain access to a situation or event that is generally not open to scientific investigation.
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