To Understand Royal Endogamy, It Is Useful to Distinguish Between

question 53

Multiple Choice

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give it. Its latent function is

• A) the genetically motivated reason for the custom.
• B) a subconscious effect that the custom has on society members' identification with that belief.
• C) the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists.
• D) an effect the custom has on the society that its members don't mention or recognize.
• E) the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.

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Definitions:

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brainstem down the back, transmitting nerve signals to and from the brain.

Sensory Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.

Resting Potential

Membrane potential of a neuron at rest.

Millivolts

A unit of electric potential or electromotive force equal to one thousandth of a volt, commonly used in measuring electrical potentials in cells and batteries.