Are they Faking it Until the Make It?

Last class we talked a lot about belief and practices and which was more important. I find interesting the idea of behaviors inspiring belief. Although it seems ideally a person should completely take up a belief and then conduct in behaviors to influence that belief, when it comes to conversions and transitions this may not always be the case. In Becoming Frum, Benor, spends chapter 3 talking about the habits of those living in the orthodox community and the transition of the BTs to those habits. It is interesting that for aspects such as clothes and food, you can see that the BTs first deal with an initial discomfort (or for some an enthusiasm/curiosity) that drives them to start dressing/acting differently. Benor writes about "a gradual implementation of cultural practices and then a sense that it could not be otherwise." This is basically another way of saying the BTs faked it until they made it. They went through the steps, without the belief being the only driving force, and eventually the belief kicked in to reinforce the behavior. Is this pathway also relevant to other regions? Maybe even to all conversions?