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devpsych-literature-positioning
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.
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# Literature Positioning (devpsych-literature-positioning)
Developmental Psychology expects an Introduction that names a **developmental gap** — what is unresolved
about *change, age, or mechanism* — and states the contribution to **theory about development**, not just
to a topic. Positioning is where many submissions are judged "interesting but not developmental"; this
skill makes the developmental stakes legible.
## When to trigger
- Drafting or tightening the Introduction
- A reviewer said the contribution is "incremental," "not clearly developmental," or "already known"
- Connecting a specific age/trajectory finding to a broad developmental question
- Deciding which developmental literatures (and which sibling-journal work) to cite
