Trevor plans to purchase his first smartphone. having never actually sought out product information, he nevertheless thinks he knows quite a bit about smartphones because of commercials and discussions about them with friends. what type of learning did trevor experience?

This type of learning is incidental learning.

Explanation:

What is an incidental learning?

Incidental learning can be defined as a learning that is acquired without planning to receive it or intending to receive it.

This learning occurs as we interact on a normal day or get involved in particular activities .

This learning involve acquiring information unconsciously .

Sometimes we may get involve in a formal engaging process where we don't really realise that during that process we have acquired a particular information however when a time comes to use it, it becomes accessible to us.

Trevor getting engaged in conversation with his friends was not done with a plan in mind that he will be buying a smartphone at some point , it was just general conversations during those times when they are together however it became useful when it was now the time to actual buy a smartphone.

a: social security and social programs

manifest functions are the recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern, while latent functions are those unrecognized and unintended consequences. to analyze the manifest functions of any social institution, we have to study its contribution to the continuation of a group, community, or society.