Helga paints her fingernails with a bitter-tasting substance so that every time she begins to bite her fingernails, she will experience a bitter taste. This method to alleviate nail biting would be considered

a. aversion therapy.
b. systematic desensitization.
c. transference.
d. somatic therapy.


A

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