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arpsych-organizing-framework

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Use when imposing an analytical structure or taxonomy on a psychology literature for an Annual Review of Psychology (ARPsych) review — the "spine" that turns a reading list into an argument about the field. Designs the framework; it does not gather the literature (arpsych-literature-synthesis) or judge coverage and balance (arpsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).

When to use

• imposing an analytical structure on psychology literature
• designing a taxonomy for ARPsych reviews
• creating a unifying model or process diagram
• structuring a review's argument about the field
• organizing scattered work into a legible framework

When not to use

• gathering the literature
• judging coverage and balance
• annotated bibliographies with no organizing idea
• sections named after methods rather than ideas

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