Editing Rational choice model (section)

==== Criticism based on motivational assumptions ====
Rational choice theorists discuss individual values and structural elements as equally important determinants of outcomes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hechter |first1=Michael |last2=Kanazawa |first2=Satoshi |date=1997-08-01 |title=Sociological Rational Choice Theory |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.191 |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=191–214 |doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.191 |s2cid=14439597 |issn=0360-0572 |archive-date=2022-09-21 |access-date=2022-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921152923/https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.191 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, for [[Methodology|methodological]] reasons in the empirical application, more emphasis is usually placed on social structural determinants. Therefore, in line with [[structural functionalism]] and [[social network analysis]] perspectives, rational choice explanations are considered mainstream in [[sociology]] .<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goldtborpe |first=John H. |date=1996-09-01 |title=The Quantitative Analysis of Large-Scale Data-sets and Rational Action Theory: For a Sociological Alliance |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018180 |journal=European Sociological Review |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=109–126 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018180 |issn=0266-7215}}</ref>