To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give it. Its latent function is
A) the genetically motivated reason for the custom.
B) a subconscious effect that the custom has on society members' identification with that belief.
C) the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists.
D) an effect the custom has on the society that its members don't mention or recognize.
E) the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.
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