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?

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Kaz is using aversive conditioning, a behavioral technique that involves associating an unpleasant stimulus (in this case, the taste of the bitter paste) with an undesirable behavior (nail biting) to reduce or eliminate that behavior.

Kaz Wants to Stop Biting His Nails, So He Rubs