Suzy bites her nails constantly. Her mother covers her nails with a nasty tasting substance in an effort to try to reduce the biting. Suzy's mom is applying what type of therapy?

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Aversion therapy involves pairing an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant stimuli to decrease the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future. In this case, Suzy's mom is using a nasty tasting substance to make nail biting unpleasant, with the hope that it will reduce the behavior.

Suzy Bites Her Nails Constantly