Reinforcement is a part of which of the following process?

Learning is a process of continual adaptation to the environment and assimilation and accommodation of new information and knowledge to fit in with pre-existing knowledge structures. It is a process by which behavior is either modified or changed through reinforcement.

• Learning is a relatively permanent behavior change, and it is the result of reinforced practice.
• Reinforced practice, through the process of ‘stimulus and response’, is the cause of learning which takes place between the reinforced practice and the relatively permanent behavior change. 

Reinforcement: Reinforcement is a major condition required for learning to take place. It is part of the learning process. We can use reinforcement in different ways to produce different effects, i.e., the effect of different types of learning in the students.

• In the process of reinforcement, a learner is presented with a particular stimulus (i.e., reinforce) before and after it elicits desired responses.
• In a given situation, the learner will tend to repeat the responses for which reinforcement is given and to discontinue responses for which it is not.
• We can distinguish reinforcement from other stimuli because it has a particular effect on behavior.

Hence, we can conclude that Reinforcement is a part of the learning process but teaching and instructions are not part of the Teaching process.