This discourse started by Ekaterina Damer has elicited a variety of recommendations from psychologists on Twitter. Compiled here are numerous of these suggestions, along with the names of the individuals who offered them. Although I have not personally reviewed these suggestions, this compilation seeks to bring them all together in one location. The comments section is available for any additional recommendations.
1. **Robert Cummins** – “How does it function?” vs. “What are the principles?” Two views of psychological explanation. [Iris van Rooij]
– [Read here](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f5b1/b05e8313aee94ccd98e80eab3ec56dbd2c97.pdf)
2. **Special Issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review** – Theory Development in Social Personality Psychology: Personal Experiences and Insights Gained. [Ed Orehek]
– [Read here](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327957pspr0802_1)
3. **Gerd Gigerenzer** – Personal Insights on Theory and Psychology. [Djouria Ghilani]
– [Read here](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0959354310378184)
4. Selected Works of Barry N. Markovsky.
5. Insights from Paul Meehl:
– “Meehl remarked that most of what can be said about this” [Tal Yarkoni]
– Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological contradiction.
– [Read here](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/074theorytestingparadox.pdf)
– Evaluating and revising theories: The approach of Lakatosian defense and two principles that support it.
– [Read here](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/147appraisingamending.pdf)
– Reasons why summaries of research on psychological theories are frequently difficult to interpret.
– [Read here](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/144whysummaries.pdf)
– For more comprehensive summaries, visit [PsychBrief](http://psychbrief.com/meehl-videos-papers/).
6. **Robert I. Sutton & Barry M. Staw** – What Theory Does Not Entail. [Burak Tunca]
– [Read here](http://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/papers/stawtheory.pdf)
7. **Valerie Gray Hardcastle** – How to construct a theory in cognitive science. [Joshua Skewes]
8. **Gawronski, B., & Bodenhausen, G. V.** (2015) – Theory and explanation in social psychology, Chapter 1. [Randy McCarthy]
9. **W. J. McGuire** (1997) – Innovative hypothesis generation in psychology: Some helpful heuristics. [Kimberly Quinn]
– [Read here](http://sing.stanford.edu/cs303-sp11/papers/mcguire_hypothesis_gen.pdf)
10. **Jaccard, J., & Jacoby, J.** (2010) – Theory Development and Model-building Skills: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists. [Daniël Lakens]
11. **Klaus Fiedler** (2004) – Tools, toys, truisms, and theories: Reflections on the creative cycle of theory development.
12. **Roberts and Pashler** (2000) – How convincing is a good fit? A commentary on theory testing. [Tom Stafford]
– [Read here](https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5vt0z72k/qt5vt0z72k.pdf)
13. Updates as of 16 August 2018:
– **Simmering et al** (2010) – To Model or Not to Model? A Discussion on the Role of Computational Modeling in Developmental Science. [Richard Prather]
– [Read here](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103214/)
– Facebook Psychological Theory Discussion Group. [Brett Buttliere]
– [Join here](https://www.facebook.com/groups/153619768802306/about/)
– **K. G. Wilson** (2001) – Observations on theoretical constructs: types and validation from a contextual behavioral viewpoint. [Eric Morris]
– [Read here](http://www.ijpsy.com/volumen1/num2/23/some-notes-on-theoretical-constructs-types-EN.pdf)
– **Denny Borsboom** – Theoretical Amnesia. [Michael P. Grosz]