You think all professors are uncoordinated, but then you see your Psychology professor (not me!) make a diving catch down the left-field line at an intramural softball game against the Business Department team. You also notice that your professor hits lead-off for the team and is able to score from second base on a ground-out. You maintain your original stereotype of professors as uncoordinated by deciding that this one individual is an exception to the rule because she is a "young professor." This is an example of:

This is an example of subtyping.

Explanation:

Subtyping can be defined as a process of stereotyping. It refers to the process when a person realizes a member of a certain group is not like the others. Instead of admitting his/her stereotypical idea of that group is wrong, the person thinks of that one person as the exception, placing that member in a different subcategory than the other members of the group. In this case, the general group is formed by uncoordinated professors, but now it has a subcategory composed of one "young professor".

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.