Principlev1
Grant equal identity credit to both full and degraded
Grant equal identity credit to both full and degraded versions of a habit to maintain the self-signal that preserves behavioral continuity across capacity fluctuations.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from habit formation through reward (Habits as Context-Response Associations), the logarithmic development of automaticity (Habit automaticity develops along a logarithmic curve —), and working memory limits that make consistent self-signals important (Working Memory Capacity Limit). It prescribes equal celebration to maintain the psychological infrastructure supporting the habit.