According to my research on studies conducted by various behaviorists, I can say that based on the information provided within the question the term being defined by the question is called Negative feedback. Like described in the question this is a reaction that causes a decrease in function and occurs in response to some kind of stimulus and often causes that same function to appear less often.
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