A child who has had an unpleasant experience with dogs and who believes that dogs are mean walks down the street and encounters a dog that wags its tail at her. The child interprets the dog's behavior as threatening and runs away. Later, when she describes the dog to her parents and how it wagged its tail, the parents explain that this is a friendly response in dogs. Thus, the child begins to

Accommodate by changing what she believes about dogs.

Explanation:

Accommodation in sociology us defined as the process by which individuals in conflicting situations adjust their relationships inorder to overcome the conflict. It is a social adaptation that allows one change mode of behaviour to better relate with another person or a situation.

In the given scenario child who has had an unpleasant experience with dogs and who believes that dogs are mean walks down the street and encounters a dog that wags its tail at her.

She wrongly interpreted this as a threatening gesture till her parent explained it was a friendly response. This will change her outlook to dogs.