Mabel always thought of herself as being incapable when it came to fixing things. She easily developed the habit of asking her husband, Abel, to do even the simplest "fix-it" tasks, such as changing a light bulb. Then one day Mabel got a flat tire on a country road. She managed to struggle through the process of changing the tire all on her own. From then on, she felt much more capable, and started to fix more things around the house. This best illustrates

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Mabel's experience of changing the tire challenged her existing belief that she was incapable of fixing things, leading her to accommodate her beliefs to the new information and feeling more empowered to fix things in the future. This is an example of accommodation, which occurs when we modify our existing beliefs or schemas in response to new information or experiences.

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