Sarah moved from a small town in ohio to new york city and has since learned a lot about herself. according to the realistic accuracy model, she has expanded the amount of information available at the stage of the ram.

The RAM model holds that personality traits are real, in that they can be agreed upon by multiple observers. However, in order to be know, several stages must be gone through in order that the traits be known to those who would agree upon them. In this case, Sarah's actions revealed various facts about her to herself, facts that she was able to discren during the detection stage of the RAM.