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jpsp-theory-and-hypotheses
Use when building the theoretical argument and deriving testable hypotheses for a Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) manuscript, where theoretical innovation is the primary bar and each study in the package must test a specific derivation. Structures the theory; it does not invent constructs or results.
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# Theory & Hypotheses (jpsp-theory-and-hypotheses)
JPSP's first gate is **theoretical innovation**: reviewers ask whether the paper's *underlying ideas*
are interesting and generative enough, often **independent of** how strong the data are. A package of
well-run studies with a thin idea will not clear the bar. This skill builds the theory and the
hypotheses each study tests; the studies themselves are designed in `jpsp-study-design`.
## When to trigger
- Turning a positioned gap into a precise theoretical account
- Deriving hypotheses that map onto specific studies in the package
- A reviewer questioned the novelty, mechanism, or generativity of the idea
## Ways a JPSP paper can be theoretically innovative