Question

Dishishuish between latent and manifest function. Give a suitable example

Answer 1

Answer:

Manifest and latent functions are social scientific concepts created in 1922, while studying the Trobian Islanders in the western Pacific, by the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. Manifest functions are deliberate, beneficial, and conscious,. Latent functions are unintended, unconscious and beneficial.

EXPLANATION:

Manifest function refers to the intended role of social policies, processes or actions which are deliberately designed to benefit society. In the meantime, a latent function is not supposed to be consciously, yet it has a positive effect on society. While manifest functions are deliberately and knowingly aimed at producing beneficial results, latent functions are neither conscious nor planned, but they are also beneficial.

1. In addition, they have negative positive effects. For instance, the educational social institution. The institution's conscious and deliberate intention is to produce educated young people with knowledge of their world and history. In the same way, the media institution's conscious and deliberate goal is to inform the public about relevant news and events in order to play an active role in democracy.
2. The latent roles of the school of education include creating bonds between students enrolling at the same school; providing entertainment and socializing opportunities through sporting events, talent shows, and school dances,; and supplying poor students with lunch (and some breakfast) if they otherwise become productive members of the community in hunger and exercise.

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