Integrated Contextual Practice Theory (ICPT): A Mid-Range Socio-Mathematical Model of Adaptive Behaviour

The "value-action gap"—the pervasive phenomenon wherein individuals hold strong normative beliefs yet fail to act upon them—remains a persistent theoretical challenge across the social sciences. While traditional sociological frameworks offer profound insights into long-term behavioural reproduction, they frequently struggle to account for the rapid, context-dependent fluidity of modern human action. To address this theoretical void, this paper introduces Integrated Contextual Practice Theory (ICPT), an exploratory mid-range socio-mathematical framework. By conceptualizing the human actor as an "Adaptive Agent," ICPT models behaviour as a real-time negotiation between internal dispositions (Habitus, Values, Identity), a bounding Cultural Governor (C), and external structural friction Contextual Stress, (Cs). The framework operationalizes this dynamic through five distinct behavioural typologies or "Decision Gates" (Loyal, Survival, and Show-off, Culturally Vetoed, and Culturally Resisted modes). Shared as a collaborative conceptual baseline rather than a deterministic law, ICPT aims to shift analytical focus from individual moral hypocrisy toward structural empathy, providing a shared vocabulary for interdisciplinary empirical testing.