Describe the critiques of rational choice theory that are developed from other sociological perspectives.
What will be an ideal response?
•?Feminists point out the assumption of selfishness in rational choice has a masculine bias.
•?Symbolic interactionists point out that rational choice theorists cannot explain what makes society possible.
•?Conflict theorists would point out that many interactions are neither rational nor beneficial to anyone involved.
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