The Rational Choice Model

There aren’t many things I wanted to be growing up. I never went through that phase of wanting to be a doctor, vet, or an astronaut; none of those things ever really phased me. It was never really clear to me what I wanted to be until the end of freshmen year. My family found it weird when I would look up from doing my homework to watch the commercials on TV. They found it weird when I would open up magazines, not to read the articles, but just look at the ads. They also found it weird when I would ask them questions like, “Why do you think they play this commercial at this hour and on this channel as oppose to another channel at another hour?” I didn’t really know why I liked or thought about this stuff, but I figured out it was something I would want to look into. When I learned …show more content…
Not having kids would benefit us by saving money because we wouldn’t have to spend it on things like school fees, birthday and Christmas gifts, or extra food. It would also be less stressful and create more time in the day for things we want to do. Even though this choice contradicts the rational choice theory, the joy of having kids out weighs the inconvenience that they can cause sometimes. Also going against the rational choice theory would be me living in California. I’m absolutely terrified of natural disasters, so according to the rational choice theory, it wouldn’t be in my best interest to live in California, one of the most at risks states for major disasters, where all of my belongings could possibly be destroyed any second. But anything could happen anywhere and every city has their risks, so I would rather make sure I’m protected if such disasters did happen. My career choice does follow the rational choice theory because it only makes sense and is in my best interest to be a marketing manager since I’m good at it, I love it, and it pays a high