Sylvester has just learned how to pick up his cat named Chester, who likes to be picked up and does not put up any struggle. Later, Sylvester tries to pick up another cat named Thai, who scratches when held. The fact that Sylvester learns to leave Thai alone after he has been scratched provides a good example of

accommodation.                

Explanation:

Accommodation: In psychology, the term "accommodation" was proposed by a psychologist named Jean Piaget in his "theory of cognitive development". It is described as a process that explains what happens when an individual encounters new experiences or a piece of new information that causes him or her to modify his or her already existing "schemas".

Instead of making the piece of new information to fit into the pre-existing schema he or she changes the schema so that he or she can accommodate the piece of new information or experience.

In the question above, the given statement is an example of accommodation.

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