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A Configuration Approach to Mindset Agency Theory from Part I - Cybernetic Sociopsychology and Agency
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2021
Theory tells us that, knowing the stable type orientation of an agency associated with patterns of behaviour, it is possible to predict agency behaviour under normal conditions. Such normality is defined in terms of homeostatic equilibrium where any environmental perturbations that an agency experiences can be dealt with through existent control processes to stimulate appropriate responses. However, in post-normal (Ravetz, 1999; Yolles, 2010) conditions where homeostatic equilibrium becomes disengaged, the innate stability of the agency type orientation is lost and the likelihood of successful prediction is reduced. Within this context, in this chapter the conceptual work from the last chapter will be built on. Our particular trait model that indicate the nature of the controlling traits will be introduced in due course. These traits are variables that take type values that determine agency orientation, and normally (under stable conditions) it is these that determine its patterns of behaviour and provide opportunities to predict instance of behaviour.
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