The failure of hospital staff to detect the fake patients in David Rosenhan's studies can be attributed to the

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The failure to detect fake patients in Rosenhan's study primarily illustrates the effects of labeling and context on perception, where the context of a psychiatric hospital and the label of mental illness influenced staff perceptions, leading them to interpret the pseudopatients' behaviors as symptomatic of mental illness.

The Failure of Hospital Staff to Detect the Fake Patients