### Perspectives on Psychological Theory and Suggestions
The recent discussion sparked by Ekaterina Damer has resulted in a plethora of suggestions from psychologists on Twitter, forming a valuable collection for those keen on psychological theory. Below is a gathering of significant suggestions from various authorities in the field:
1. **Robert Cummins** – “How does it work?” versus “What are the laws?” Two views of psychological explanation. [PDF Link](https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f5b1/b05e8313aee94ccd98e80eab3ec56dbd2c97.pdf) (Recommended by Iris van Rooij)
2. **Ed Orehek** – Constructing Theory in Social Personality Psychology: Personal Insights and Lessons Learned. [Link](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327957pspr0802_1)
3. **Gerd Gigerenzer** – Personal Insights on Theory and Psychology. [Link](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0959354310378184) (Djouria Ghilani)
4. **Barry N. Markovsky** – Selected Publications. [Link](https://works.bepress.com/barry_markovsky/)
5. **Paul Meehl** – An in-depth review of theories including:
– Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological dilemma. [PDF](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/074theorytestingparadox.pdf)
– Evaluating and modifying theories. [PDF](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/147appraisingamending.pdf)
– Reasons summaries of research on psychological theories are frequently ambiguous. [PDF](http://meehl.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua1696/f/144whysummaries.pdf)
(Highlighted by Tal Yarkoni)
6. **Burak Tunca** – What Theory is Not by Robert I. Sutton & Barry M. Staw. [PDF](http://haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/papers/stawtheory.pdf)
7. **Joshua Skewes** – How to formulate a theory in cognitive science by Valerie Gray Hardcastle.
8. **Randy McCarthy** – Theory and explanation in social psychology by Gawronski, B., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2015).
9. **Kimberly Quinn** – Innovative hypothesis generation in psychology: Some practical heuristics by McGuire, W. J. (1997). [PDF](http://sing.stanford.edu/cs303-sp11/papers/mcguire_hypothesis_gen.pdf)
10. **Daniël Lakens** – Skills for Theory Construction and Model-building by Jaccard, J., & Jacoby, J. (2010).
11. **Fiedler, K. (2004)** – Instruments, playthings, axioms, and theories.
12. **Tom Stafford** – The impact of a good fit? A commentary on theory testing by Roberts and Pashler (2000). [PDF](https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt5vt0z72k/qt5vt0z72k.pdf)
Moreover, the conversation surrounding the theory crisis reveals a rich and diverse debate similar to that of the methods crisis.
#### Updates (16 August 2018):
– **Richard Prather** – To Model or Not to Model? A Dialogue Regarding the Function of Computational Modeling in Developmental Science by Simmering et al (2010). [Link](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103214/)
– **Brett Buttliere** – A Facebook group dedicated to discussions on psychological theory. [Link](https://www.facebook.com/groups/153619768802306/about/)
– **Eric Morris** – Observations on theoretical constructs by Wilson, K. G. (2001). [PDF](http://www.ijpsy.com/volumen1/num2/23/some-notes-on-theoretical-constructs-types-EN.pdf)
– **Michael P. Grosz** – Theoretical Amnesia by Denny Borsboom. [Link](http://osc.centerforopenscience.org/2013/11/20/theoretical-amnesia/)
– **Ivan Grahek** – What Defines Robust Psychological Science? by Fiedler (2017). [Link](http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691616654458)
For more insights, Iris van Rooij provides additional recommendations in [these threads](https://twitter.com/psmaldino/status/952267372231933952)