“Fads, Fashions, and Folderol in Psychology”, 1966 (; backlinks; similar):
[Influential early critique of academic psychology: weak theories, no predictions, poor measurements, poor replicability, high levels of publication bias, non-progressive theory building, and constant churn; many of these criticisms would be taken up by the ‘Minnesota school’ of Bouchard/Meehl/Lykken/etc.]
Fads include brain-storming, Q technique, level of aspiration, forced choice, critical incidents, semantic differential, role playing, and need theory. Fashions include theorizing and theory building, criterion fixation, model building, null-hypothesis testing, and sensitivity training. Folderol includes tendencies to be fixated on theories, methods, and points of view, conducting “little” studies with great precision, attaching dramatic but unnecessary trappings to experiments, grantsmanship, coining new names for old concepts, fixation on methods and apparatus, etc.