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Use when revising a Perspectives on Psychological Science (PoPS) piece for the PoPS voice — broad, provocative, accessible to psychologists outside the subfield, signposted, with a strong opening, a forward-looking close, an APA reference style, and a ≤200-word review-style abstract. Polishes prose and structure; it does not design the framework (ppsych-organizing-framework) or appraise evidence (ppsych-comprehensiveness-and-balance).

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# PoPS Writing Style — the Perspective Voice (ppsych-writing-style)

## When to trigger

- The framework and balance are settled and it is time to make the piece *read* well
- A psychologist from an adjacent area would get lost or bored in the current draft
- The opening buries the argument under machinery, methods, or throat-clearing
- The abstract reads like an empirical-paper abstract ("we found…") rather than a perspective abstract

## The PoPS voice: broad + provocative + accessible

A PoPS piece is read by **psychologists outside the subfield** — smart, but not specialists here. The voice is a trusted, fair expert making a *big-picture argument* to a colleague from another area. Four qualities define it:

1. **Provocative + agenda-setting.** PoPS prizes pieces that **reframe** and **instigate lasting impact**, not ones that merely summarize. The reader should feel a claim worth arguing about, stated plainly and early. Provocation is earned by evidence and balance, never by hot takes.
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