Which of the following is an example of a manifest function? a. after a book was banned from public libraries because it was judged to be obscene according to local standards, sales of the book increased dramatically. b. after studying the jobs that will be most in demand in the future, tym decided that there was no point in setting up a plan for his career path. c. after reading materials that were published by a program designed to encourage people to eat health foods, liam decided he would stop eating candy. d. after seeing that litter on the streets increased during three-day weekends, people from the community decided there was no point in trying to keep streets litter free.

C.After reading materials that were published by a program designed to encourage people to eat health foods, Liam decided he would stop eating candy.

Explanation:

A manifest function is a function of a social action (policy, process, etc.) that is conscious or deliberate. A manifest function is one that is designed to be beneficial to society. An example of this is the way in which Liam decided not to eat candy after reading the program. This is different from a latent function, which is one that is not consciously intended, but that still has a positive effect on society.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts