Question

Abigail has a puppy. she loves to hold the puppy in her lap and pet it. she visits her grandma's house. her grandma has bird. the bird does not like to be held or it will bite. abigail at first tries to grab the bird to hold it and it nips her finger. she learns that she must just pet the bird when it is in the cage. what cognitive process did abigail need to use?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Accommodation.
Accommodation refers to the process of creating a certain type of compromise that does not fully give us what we actually want.
In the case above,what Abigail actually wants is to pet the bird while holding it. But since Abigail couldn't get it, she decided to make a compromise and settle for petting it while it's in cage.