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

The correct answer is B.

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