A theorist might observe Christianity's manifest functions of spreading the bible's message and helping people follow what they believe are the words of Jesus Christ, the son of God. They may also look at latent functions of providing people a sense of community and belonging.

Pj conducts an experimental study on the effects of soft music during high stakes science testing. he randomly assigns students at the school. in one condition he does not provide music for testing while in the other group he does provide the music. he administers a pretest at the beginning of the year and a posttest at the end of the year. pj’s design is best described as a: a.static group comparisonb. pretest-posttest control group designc.control-group-time-series designd. nonrandomized control-group pretest-posttest design