In operant conditioning, what describes adding something to decrease the likelihood of behavior? extinction recovery punishment acquisition

In operant conditioning, adding something to decrease the likelihood of behavior is called: positive punishment

people tend to avoid something if we associate that thing with something that have negative effect to us.

For example, If you add a punishment every time a child leave their toy without returning it to the box, the child will be less likely to repeat that action in the future

The correct answer is B.