Discussion
Unintended and unrecognised functions are called :
Answer: B
They are latent functions.
Robert Merton distinguished manifest functions, the consequences that are intended and recognised by participants, from latent functions, which are neither intended nor recognised. His example is the Hopi rain dance: its manifest function is to bring rain, but its latent function is to reinforce group identity.
'Rational' and 'logical' are not Merton's terms for functions, and manifest functions are by definition intended and recognised.
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