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You're listening to episode 262 of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World.

Where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about the famous Rosenhan experiment.

I'm Dom Betanelli and Joining me today is Jimmy Akin.

Hey Jimmy, howdy Dom.

In 1973, American psychologist David L. Rosenhan published a famous study called

on being sane in insane places.

It rocked the world of psychology and the science of psychology itself.

Even today, nearly 50 years later, it's one of the most famous psychological studies

ever published. It's taught in virtually every course on basic psychology.

It's referenced in countless other psychology papers.

You'll read about it in standard introductions to psychology textbooks.

But what was the Rosenhan experiment?

Why was it important?

And what does it reveal about the human mind?

That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World.

Jimmy, what should we say before we begin?

Well, today's mystery is about a famous experiment in the field of psychiatry,

a psychology.

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