He’s not saying it’s Psychology the field. He’s saying replication crisis may be because junior scientist (most often involved in replication) is afraid of retribution: it’s psychological reason for fraud persistence.

I think perhaps blackball is guaranteed. No one likes a snitch. “We’re all just here to do work and get paid. He’s just doing what they make us do”. Scientist is just job. Most people are just “I put thing in tube. Make money by telling government about tube thing. No need to be religious about Science”.