Jessie's car had a flat tire in the rain. After she managed to fix it, she arrived home late only to have a parking spot just in front of her apartment taken by a faster driver. Coming home, she yells at her young son who is waiting at the door. Jessie's behavior is perhaps most easily explained in terms of:

Aggression.

Explanation:

Because she had bad day and when she finally got home she reflected her Aggression toward her son. negative energy effects family and friends in a negative way..this is how negative Aggression spreads..

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.