One unintended or unexpected disruption of socially assistive robots is that people may actually prefer the company of robots over fellow humans. This situation represents
a. latent function.
b. manifest dysfunction.
c. latent dysfunction.
d. manifest function.
c
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. school b. police c. courts d. all of the above
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A. Émile Durkheim B. Eliot Freidson C. Karl Marx D. Talcott Parsons
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a. Living alone can be a positive experience for the young and old. b. Living alone is correlated with higher rates of depression and social isolation. c. Living alone has some positive benefits after a relationship break up but is detrimental in the long term. d. Young people who live alone report feeling happy and free to pursue their interests, but old people living alone did not report these experiences.