The discussion started by Ekaterina Damer has generated a variety of suggestions from psychologists on Twitter. Below is a list of these recommendations along with the names of the individuals who proposed them:
Suggestions:
- (Iris van Rooij) “How does it function?” vs. “What are the principles?” Two interpretations of psychological explanation by Robert Cummins
- (Ed Orehek) Theory Formation in Social Personality Psychology: Personal Insights and Lessons Gained
- (Djouria Ghilani) Personal Insights on Theory and Psychology by Gerd Gigerenzer
- Selected Publications of Barry N. Markovsky
- (everyone, particularly Tal Yarkoni) “Meehl articulated most of what needs to be said about this”:
- Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological paradox
- Evaluating and modifying theories: The strategy of Lakatosian defense and two principles that justify it
- Why summaries of research on psychological theories are frequently difficult to interpret
- PsychBrief offers comprehensive summaries here: Paul Meehl on philosophy of science: video lectures and written works
- (Burak Tunca) What Theory Is Not by Robert I. Sutton & Barry M. Staw
- (Joshua Skewes) Valerie Gray Hardcastle’s “How to construct a theory in cognitive science”
- (Randy McCarthy) Chapter 1 from Gawronski, B., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2015). Theory and explanation in social psychology. Guilford Publications.
- (Kimberly Quinn) Innovative hypothesis generation in psychology: Helpful heuristics by McGuire, W. J. (1997)
- (Daniël Lakens) Jaccard, J., & Jacoby, J. (2010). Theory Development and Model-building Skills: A Practical Handbook for Social Scientists. Guilford Press.
- Fiedler, K. (2004). Tools, toys, truisms, and theories: Reflections on the creative process of theory formation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8(2), 123–131.
- (Tom Stafford) Roberts and Pashler (2000). How convincing is a good match? A commentary on theory testing
Updates 16 August 2018:
- (Richard Prather) Simmering et al (2010). To Model or Not to Model? A Discussion on the Role of Computational Modeling in Developmental Science
- (Brett Buttliere) Psychological Theory Discussion Group on Facebook