NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences.

Detailed explanation-2: -Manifest functions are the expected, beneficial outcomes of an entity or other social factors that are readily apparent to the public. Latent functions are the positive impacts of an entity or social phenomenon that are not intended and are frequently not immediately obvious.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1950s, Robert Merton elaborated the functionalist perspective by proposing a distinction between manifest and latent functions. Manifest functions are the intended functions of an institution or a phenomenon in a social system. Latent functions are its unintended functions.