People construct the meaning and implications of their identities depending on the context (Oyserman et al., 2012). They may experience their identites as stabel but in practice, the meaning they make out of their identities varies. For example, one might think "being British" means to feel connected to Europe. In a different situation, the same person might think think that "being British" means to feel disconnected from Europe.

dynamic construction of one's identities as a key feature of IBM

Procedural readiness means one's degree to process new information in a way aligning with one's cued/targeted identities.

procedural readiness regarding one's identites as a key feature of IBM

Action readiness means one's degree to behave in a way aligning with one's cued/targeted identities. If people behaved in a way that doesn't align with their cued identities, they tend to question that part of their identity. For example, a student who views themself as a hard-working-student and who doesn't do well in a test one day might ask themself: "Am I really a good student?" To avoid that incongruency, people tend to behave in ways that match their identities and the implications that come with them, e.g. most students who view themselves as hard-workign students will work hard to be well prepared for the next test.

action readiness regarding one's identities as a key feature of IBM

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The importance and meaning of one's identity change over time and can be influenced by situations and the information given. People tend to interpret situations and behave in ways that fit their social and personal identities which are important to them at that moment (Oyserman, 2007, 2009, 2015a). 

identity-based motivation (IBM) theory

Oyserman, D., & Dawson, A. (2020). Your fake news, our facts: Identity-based motivation shapes what we believe, share, and accept. In R. Greifeneder, M. Jaffé, E. J. New- man, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (pp. 173–195). London: Routledge. 

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