Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Foucault would articulate his position by saying “knowledge is power.”
2. Psychiatric labels and treatments would be considered an episteme by Foucault.
3. Foucault’s phases of punishment included public torture, the Panopticon, and the disciplinary society.
4. The third phase of punishment is marked by destructured and individualized power.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True

Sociology

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a. nonprobability sampling b. probability sampling c. randomization d. matching e. simple random selection

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