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psychrev-writing-style
Use when polishing a Psychological Review manuscript to APA house style and theory-paper register — mechanism-first prose, model vocabulary, no empirical-report framing. A late-stage polish; it does NOT build the theory (psychrev-theory-construction) or derive its predictions (psychrev-argument-development).
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# Writing Style: APA Theory-Paper Register (psychrev-writing-style)
> Polish **after** the derivations stand up (`psychrev-argument-development`) and the
> contribution is differentiated (`psychrev-contribution-framing`). Prose cannot rescue a
> theory whose logic does not hold.
## When to trigger
- The theory, derivations, and figures are in place; the draft needs its final voice
- The prose reads like a literature review or an empirical report, not a theoretical argument
- You are unsure of APA conventions for a theory paper with no methods/results
- Reviewers (anticipated) will say "well written but I can't find the argument"
## The Psychological Review introduction arc