David Rosenhan | |
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| Born | David L. Rosenhan 22 November 1929 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | 6 February 2012 (aged 82) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Rosenhan experiment |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Swarthmore College Princeton University Haverford College University of Pennsylvania Stanford University |
| Thesis | Some perceptual correlates of anxiety (1958) |
David L. Rosenhan (/ˈroʊznən/; November 22, 1929 – February 6, 2012)[1] was an American psychologist. He is known best for the Rosenhan experiment, a study challenging the validity of psychiatry diagnoses.[2]