For the following foundational term, please select the definition below that best matches the term.
positive punishment

A. Refers to the removal of something aversive that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
B. Refers to organisms learning through association (pairing) of a stimulus that typically produces an automatic response in the organism with a previously neutral stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to trigger the same automatic response.
C. Refers to a consequence stimulus that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
D. Refers to the delivery of something preferred that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
E. Refers to a consequence stimulus that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
F. Refers to the removal of something preferred that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.
G. Refers to organisms learning through interactions with their environment, including reinforcement.
H. Refers to the delivery of something aversive that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.