Mabel Always Thought of Herself as Being Incapable When It

question 22

Multiple Choice

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

• A) accommodation.
• B) assimilation.
• C) disequilibrium.
• D) fixation.

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Definitions:

Rods

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that are responsible for vision at low light levels.

Absolute Sensory Threshold

The minimum stimulus intensity required for detection by a sensory system.

Stimulus

Anything that triggers a sensory or behavioral reaction in a living organism.

Unconscious Level

Refers to the part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.