Classical conditioning has limited applicability to human behavior in organizations because:
A)humans are more amenable to simple cause-and-effect conditioning.
B)behavioral environments in organizations are usually regulated by single stimulus-response manipulations.
C)the human capacity for decision making can override simple conditioning.
D)the behavioral environments in organizations are very amenable to single stimulus-response manipulations.

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Classical conditioning is a simple form of learning that involves associating an unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus to produce a conditioned response. However, in the context of human behavior in organizations, the complexity of human decision-making processes means that individuals are not merely reactive to stimuli. Humans can think, plan, and decide based on a wide range of factors beyond simple stimulus-response associations, making classical conditioning a more limited tool for understanding or predicting human behavior in organizational settings.

Classical Conditioning Has Limited Applicability to Human Behavior in Organizations