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Perspectives

“Noncompliant” Is an Adjective, Not an Explanation

Authors: Michael J. Asken, PhD, Anas Atrash, MD, Shirley Ann Pfalaq, D. Felipe MD

Abstract

The potential power and influence of labels we apply to people have been known for some time. Rosenthal and Jacobson showed how negative expectations of students on the part of teachers could influence academic outcomes, and Stuart and Wolpe showed how psychiatric labels (diagnoses) could bend interpretations of observed behavior to fit those labels.1,2

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