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Rosenhan arranged with them that during a three-month period, one or more pseudopatients would attempt to gain admission and the staff would rate every incoming patient as to the likelihood they were an impostor. Of 193 patients, 41 were considered to be impostors and a further 42 were considered suspect.
Personation (rather than impersonation) is a primarily legal term, meaning "to assume the identity of another person with intent to deceive". [1] It is often used for the kind of voter fraud where an individual votes in an election, whilst pretending to be a different elector.
At least in the United States, the principle of caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware") was held for many years to govern sales. As the idea of an implied warranty of habitability began to find purchase, however, issues like the stigma attached to a property based on acts, "haunting", or criminal activity began to make their way into legal precedents.
The discount airline is calling for a “wheelchair registration” system and legislation cracking down on those “abusing” the accessibility tool.
Cartoon of the would-be explorer Louis de Rougemont, who claimed to have had adventures in Australasia. An impostor (also spelled imposter) [1] is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise, deceiving others by knowingly falsifying one or more aspects of their identity. [1]
There is a limited body of research concerning police impersonation. [1] Some scholars suggest that police impersonation may weaken public confidence in law enforcement and trust in authority, "particularly if victims believe that the event was a 'legitimate' police action undertaken by a corrupt cop." [1]
“Eating acting,” or “eat-acting,” is a term used for when actors have to pretend to consume food or drinks during their performance. As Ma explains in his video, this concept exists ...
House, M.D.: Dr. Gregory House, the titular character of the television series, fakes his death in the series finale by switching dental records with a deceased patient. Gregory House, based on the character of Sherlock Holmes, commits pseudocide just as Holmes did in "The Adventure of the Empty House". [citation needed]