What Are Power/knowledge Regimes Designed to Do

question 1

Multiple Choice

What are power/knowledge regimes designed to do?

• A) Naturalize and legitimize the current world order
• B) Produce value-neutral knowledge
• C) Legitimize fair trade policies
• D) Hold a great deal of international political influence
• E) Tend to be very oppressive

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Definitions:

Simultaneous Processing

The cognitive ability to process several components of information at once, integrating them into a comprehensive understanding.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

The best known of the pervasive developmental disorders. Autistic children exhibit a lack of social responsiveness or extreme autistic aloneness; very limited or unusual communication patterns; unusual patterns of behaviour such as a lack of eye contact; self-stimulation, including rocking, spinning, or flapping; self-injury, including head-banging or hand-biting; an obsessive interest in particular objects; and an obsessive need for sameness. From the Greek autos, “self.”

Leo Kanner

An Austrian-American psychiatrist known for his work in autism research and for first describing autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Childhood Disorder

A wide range of psychological, developmental, and emotional disorders that affect children and adolescents.