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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 for it. Its latent function is
 
  A. the genetically motivated reason for the custom.
  B. a subconscious effect the custom has on the society members' identification with that belief.
  C. the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists.
  D. an effect the custom has that the society's members don't mention or recognize.
  E. the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.

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