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Bartels, Jared M.; Peters, Daniel – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
The present study examined 12 abnormal psychology textbooks to determine whether Rosenhan's classic study, "Being sane in insane places," was covered, and if so, the nature of that coverage. Only 50% covered the study, with all describing the study as demonstrating the biasing power of psychiatric labels. Two key aspects of the study…
Descriptors: Psychology, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Psychiatry
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Serber, Michael; Nelson, Philip – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
Desensitization or assertive training or both were applied to hospitalized schizophrenics who displayed phobias, lack of interpersonal assertiveness, or both. In none of the patients did desensitization produce any reduction of avoidance of the feared object. The assertive training produces minimal improvement in two patients. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Desensitization
Crumpton, Evelyn; Mutalipassi, Louis R. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Motivation, Negative Reinforcement