Kaz wants to stop biting his nails, so he rubs a strong bitter paste under his nails to make his nails taste bad. What technique is Kaz using to stop biting his nails?

A. Aversion therapy.

B. Aversive conditioning.

C. Experience conditioning.

D. Exposure therapy.

B. Aversive Conditioning

Explanation:

Aversive conditioning is the application of punishment or something unpleasant to put an end to a bad or an unwanted behavior. By applying punishment technique or something unpleasant so that the doer may stop from the bad habit is an effort of aversive conditioning. This becomes effective the person habitual to unwanted behavior would stop doing it. Mothers whose kids get a bad habit of eating earthen ware from certain place apply something bitter on it so that the next time the kids do it they find unpleasant. Kaz applies the aversive conditioning to get rid of his bad behavior.