10.2190/0RB2-B991-EPNP-8MQ9 0RB2B991EPNP8MQ9 2 A Conceptual System For Understanding Personal Actions 189 202 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 0RB2B991EPNP8MQ9.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=0RB2B991EPNP8MQ9 3 David L. Groves Harvey Kahalas Charles W. Smart Instructor of Forestry and Wildlife Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia One of the missing elements in the social psychological research of recreation behavior is a comprehensive model for understanding personal actions. The conceptual framework proposed here attempts to synthesize both normative and behavioral measurement systems. It stresses assimilation and accommodation as the two interaction processes that are the key to understanding personal actions. 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