1. Who were the participants in the study?
    1.   8 pseudo patients
    2.   5 pseudo patients
    3.   The hospital staff
    4.   A level psychology teachers
  2. What were all but one of the pseudo-patients discharged with the diagnosis of?
    1.   Schizophrenia
    2.   Multiple personality
    3.   Schizophrenia in remission
    4.   Multiple personality in remission
    5.   Influenza
    6.   Tourette syndrome
  3. Which one of the following statements is not true?

    1.   Medical records were open to all staff members
    2.   Many of the toilets did not have doors
    3.   Personal hygiene was monitored
    4.   Some of the ward orderlies would be brutal to patients in full view of other patients and staff members.
  4. Once admitted, what did the pseudo-patients not do?
    1.   Made written records of how the ward operated.
    2.   Took part in ward activities.
    3.   Carried out an observation of behaviour of staff towards patients.
    4.   Gave their real names and jobs.
  5. What is a type 2 error?
    1.   Diagnosing a healthy person as healthy
    2.   Diagnosing a healthy person as sick
    3.   Diagnosing a sick person as healthy
    4.   Diagnosing a sick person as sick
  6. When patients were queuing up for lunch half an hour early how were they described by a psychiatrist?
    1.   Being hungry
    2.   Having nothing better to do
    3.   Having oral acquisitive syndrome
    4.   Re-living the Oedipus complex
  7. What is a psychiatrist?
    1.   Just like a psychologist
    2.   A medically trained doctor
    3.   A counsellor
    4.   A gynaecologist
  8. Which one of the following statements is true?
    1.   Rosenhan noted that experience of hospitalisation for the pseudo patients was one of emasculation and powerlessness.
    2.   Rosenhan noted that experience of hospitalisation for the pseudo patients was one of depersonalisation and homelessness.
    3.   Rosenhan noted that experience of hospitalisation for the pseudo patients was one of emasculation and depression.
    4.   Rosenhan noted that experience of hospitalisation for the pseudo patients was one of depersonalisation and powerlessness.
    5.   Rosenhan noted that experience of hospitalisation for the pseudo patients was similar to watching East enders.
  9. Which one of these was not among Rosenhan's pseudo-patients?
    1.   A plumber
    2.   A painter
    3.   A housewife
    4.   A paediatrician
  10. What is a type 1 error?
    1.   Diagnosing a healthy person as healthy
    2.   Diagnosing a healthy person as sick
    3.   Diagnosing a sick person as healthy
    4.   Diagnosing a sick person as sick
  11. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
    1.   The main study is an example of a field experiment
    2.   The study involved participant observation
    3.   In the secondary study the false information was the independent variable
    4.   In the secondary study observations were made of patient experiences of the hospital
  12. Which one of the following statements about medication tablets is true?
    1.   It was estimated that the pseudo patients were given a total of 2,100 medication tablets, though none were swallowed.
    2.   It was estimated that the pseudo patients were given a total of 2,100 medication tablets and most were given back to the staff.
    3.   It was estimated that the pseudo patients were given a total of 2,100 medication tablets, though only 200 were swallowed.
    4.   Often, when the pseudo patients visited the toilets to dispose of their tablets they found the medication of other patients that had already been placed there.
  13. Why may the experiences of the pseudo-patients have differed from that of real patients?
    1.   They were allowed to spend more time with the nurses
    2.   The pseudo-patients knew that the diagnosis was false.
    3.   Did not have to join in with ward activities
    4.   Could lock their toilet doors
  14. How did the pseudo-patients gain admission?
    1.   Telephoned for an appointment and arrived at admissions complaining of headaches.
    2.   Sent a letter to the hospital signed by a psychiatrist
    3.   Complained of suffering from schizophrenia
    4.   Telephoned for an appointment and arrived at admissions complaining that they had been hearing voices.
    5.   Telephoned for an appointment and arrived at admissions complaining that they had been listening to Girls Aloud.