identify a social change that has both manifest and latent functions listen explain the manifest and latent functions that resulted

Robert King Merton (1910-2003) was an American sociologist. He is often considered as the founding father of modern sociology. His major contributions are in the area of theoretical sociology, methodology, sociology of science and criminology. His concepts like reference group, role model, strain theory, latent and manifest function, etcetera are well recognized and used in the field of sociology.