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devpsych-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a Developmental Psychology (APA) manuscript against the developmental literature. Positioning here must establish a developmental gap (what is unknown about change, age, or mechanism) and the contribution, while distinguishing the venue from siblings such as Child Development and Developmental Science. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the literature review.

When to use

• Drafting or tightening the Introduction
• Addressing reviewer feedback on incremental or non-developmental contributions
• Connecting age or trajectory findings to broad developmental questions
• Deciding which developmental literatures to cite
• Positioning relative to sibling journals

When not to use

• Writing the literature review

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