According to ethnomethodologists, external constraints like social structures and institutional rules are adequate explanations of human behavior.

Ethnomethodologists

Researchers who study the ways in which people create, maintain, and understand their social realities through everyday practices.

External Constraints

Factors outside an individual's immediate control that limit or influence their actions and decisions.

Social Structures

The complex pattern of relationships that shape any society. It determines how individuals and groups interact with each other, the roles they play in society, and how they are socially positioned.