David Rosenhan

David L. Rosenhan (born November 2, 1929 in Jersey City , Hudson County , New Jersey - † February 6, 2012 in Palo Alto , Santa Clara County , California ) was an American psychologist .

Life

He received his bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University in 1951 and his master's degree from Columbia University in 1953 . In 1958 he received his doctorate there in psychology . After professorships at Swarthmore College , Princeton University and Haverford College , he was a member of the faculty at Stanford University from 1970 . He died on February 6, 2012 at the age of 82 at Stanford University Hospital.

Act

He was best known for the Rosenhan experiment , in which mentally healthy people voluntarily went to closed psychiatry to find out whether and how they would be recognized as healthy. He also did a reverse experiment where the clinic was told that healthy people would sign up when they weren't.

Since 2019, however, it has been doubted whether Rosenhan actually carried out the experiment named after him as described.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b David Rosenhan Obituary. In: legacy.com . February 8, 2012, accessed December 13, 2019 .
↑ David Rosenhan Professor of Law and Psychology, Emeritus. In: law.stanford.edu . Archived from the original on May 17, 2008 ; accessed on December 13, 2019 .
↑ David Rosenhan in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 30, 2017.
↑ Susannah Cahalan : Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar. In: New York Post . November 2, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019 .
^ Johann Grolle: Journey into the realm of madness . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 2019, pp. 112 f . ( online ).
↑ Susannah Cahalan: The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness. Grand Central Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1-5387-1528-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Rosenhan, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rosenhan, David L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jersey City , Hudson County New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	February 6, 2012
Place of death	Palo Alto , Santa Clara County , California

[Tod-1] David Rosenhan Obituary. In: legacy.com . February 8, 2012, accessed December 13, 2019 .

[2] David Rosenhan Professor of Law and Psychology, Emeritus. In: law.stanford.edu . Archived from the original on May 17, 2008 ; accessed on December 13, 2019 .

[3] David Rosenhan in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 30, 2017.

[nypost-4] Susannah Cahalan : Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar. In: New York Post . November 2, 2019, accessed November 4, 2019 .

[spiegel-5] Johann Grolle: Journey into the realm of madness . In: Der Spiegel . No. 50 , 2019, pp. 112 f . ( online ).

[6] Susannah Cahalan: The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness. Grand Central Publishing, 2019, ISBN 978-1-5387-1528-4 .