Behavioral Learning Theories Have Been Criticized For

question 12

Multiple Choice

Behavioral learning theories have been criticized for:

• A)focusing on providing information through subliminal learning processes.
• B)using suggestive illustrations to make consumers respond to internal stimuli.
• C)employing the use of violence in altering mind-body awareness.
• D)being useless in explaining consumers' decision-making processes.
• E)assuming a mechanistic view of the consumer placing too much emphasis on external stimulus factors.

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