RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY

It refers to an act or selecting or making decision when faced with two or more possibilities.

• Rational

• Cost

• Benefit

• Choice

People act when costs outweigh benefits.

• True

• False

People utilize the resources they have at hand to minimize opportunity and tip the scales of a decision in their favor.

• True

• False

Rational Choice Theory is a dominant approach under __________ which assumes that society is made up of individuals who always make logical decisions that provide them the greatest benefit at the lowest cost.

• Marxism

• Positivism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

Rational means people act based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

• True

• False