Question

"Roberto has just moved to a new city. He does not know anyone but he wants to find a mosque where he can practice Islam. Which theory will Roberto use, either consciously or subconsciously, to make a decision?

Answer 1

Roberto will use rational choice theory to make the decision.

Explanation:

The act or process of understanding and modelling the economic and social behavior is known as the rational action theory or the rational choice theory. The theory generally predicts the pattern of choices and its outcome.

Here in the given excerpt, Roberto moved in to a new city and he wanted to find a mosque in order to practice Islam. From this we can infer that he chose to practice a religion and therefore he wanted to find worshiping place to practice (here he shows the understanding of the social behavior).

Therefore, we can conclude that Roberto exhibited the theory of rational choice to make a decision.