Potential research participants are told enough about a research study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate. This illustrates the practice of:
O a. operational definition.
O b. informed consent.
O c. placebo effects.
O d. double-blind research.

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.