Slides from an informal presentation on a special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, focusing on issues of theory construction in psychology.

1. Talking Theory Five Perspectives on Theory Construction in Psychology

2. Voodoo Correlations are Everywhere—Not Only in Neuroscience Klaus Fiedler, University of Heidelberg

8. The Problem of Circularity in Evidence, Argument, and Explanation Ulrike Hahn, Cardiff University

13. Levels of Explanation Explanation / Mechanism Theory Data

17. Much Pain, Little Gain? Paradigm-Specific Models and Methods in Experimental Psychology Thorstein Meiser, University of Mannheim

21. Friends and Foes of Theory Construction in Psychological Science: Vague Dichotomies, Unified Theories of Cognition, and the New Experimentalism Leonel Garcia-Marques & Mario B. Ferreira, University of Lisbon

26. Why the Cogntive Approach in Psychology Would Profit From a Functional Approach and Vice Versa Jan De Houwer, Ghent University