People develop interpretations of their current context, drawing on beliefs about which behaviors are common and adaptive in the context. These beliefs are shaped by past experiences and expectations. This in turn influences which courses of action come to mind, i.e., are cognitively accessible. The main body of this paper describes how cognitive accessibility depends on three psychological parameters: "automaticity," "identity," and "privacy." "Automaticity" refers to behavioral priorities that have developed over time as habits for getting what one wants. A person's sense of "identity" (how people view themselves) also determines the parameters for the behaviors that keep that identity intact. "Privacy" refers to the sense that an option for behavior can remain hidden from others such that adverse responses to the behavior will be avoided.
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