Edward E Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 740842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward E Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward E |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 347 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs
Cognitive Psychology
Life of Sir Joseph Banks
Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain
How similar are the experiences of social rejection and physical pain? Extant research suggests that a network of brain regions that support the affective but not the sensory components of physical pain underlie both experiences. Here we demonstrate that when rejection is powerfully elicited—by having people who recently experienced an unwanted break-up view a photograph of their ex-partner as they think about being rejected—areas that support th…
Tribute to David Swinney
Cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning
The authors examined cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning among East Asian (Chinese and Korean), Asian American, and European American university students. We investigated categorization (Studies 1 and 2), conceptual structure (Study 3), and deductive reasoning (Studies 3 and 4). In each study a cognitive conflict was activated between formal and intuitive strategies of reasoning. European Americans, more than Chinese and Ko…
Storage and Executive Processes in the Frontal Lobes
The human frontal cortex helps mediate working memory, a system that is used for temporary storage and manipulation of information and that is involved in many higher cognitive functions. Working memory includes two components: short-term storage (on the order of seconds) and executive processes that operate on the contents of storage. Recently, these two components have been investigated in functional neuroimaging studies. Studies of storage ind…
A disconfirmation bias in the evaluation of arguments
Two experiments provided evidence for a disconfirmation bias in argument evaluation such that arguments incompatible with prior beliefs are scrutinized longer, subjected to more extensive refutational analyses, and consequently are judged to be weaker than arguments compatible with prior beliefs. The idea that people are unable to evaluate evidence independently of prior beliefs has been documented elsewhere, including in the classic study by C. …
The role of schemas in reading text
This article is concerned with how people process text in the presence or absence of a relevant schema. In particular, we focus on the effects of schema availability and concept repetition on both on‐line integration and memory for text. Subjects were required to read “vague” texts (like Bransford and Johnson's, 1972, well‐known “washing clothes” story) and their reading time for each sentence in each text was recorded. Half the texts were preced…
Early Paleoindian Land Use, Mobility, and Lithic Exploitation Patterns
This article documents 583 fluted projectile points from seventy-two Indiana counties. While fluted points occur in virtually all microtopographic settings, the highest frequency were recovered from riparian settings or overlooks of those areas. The largest concentrations of these artifacts are located on the terraces of major streams. More than half of the fluted points documented were found in the unglaciated portion of the state along the Ohio…
Category-based induction.
An argument is categorical if its premises and conclusion are of the form All members ofC have property F, where C is a natural category like FALCON or BIRD, and P remains the same across premises and conclusion. An example is Grizzly bears love onions. Therefore, all bears love onions. Such an argument is psychologically strong to the extent that belief in its premises engenders belief in its conclusion. A subclass of categorical arguments is ex…
An advantage model of choice
A descriptive model of choice between simple lotteries is proposed. According to the model, people combine 'absolute' and 'comparative' strategies in choice situations. Three experimental tests of the model are reported. In its limited domain, the model appears superior to Prospect Theory on qualitative grounds, and to 1‐parameter versions of Expected Utility Theory on both qualitative and quantitative grounds
Categories and Concepts
Categories and Concepts
Structure and process in semantic memory
Semantic distance and the verification of semantic relations
Choice reaction time
The report analyzes and evaluates (against experimental findings) contemporary theories of choice reaction time (CRT). The influence of Donders' subtraction method on current theory is assessed, followed by a review of experimental findings concerned with the effects on CRT of: (1) number of alternatives, (2) stimulus probability, (3) stimulus value, (4) repetition of stimulus or response, (5) stimulus discriminability, (6) stimulus-response comp…
Categories and Concepts
A disconfirmation bias in the evaluation of arguments
Two experiments provided evidence for a disconfirmation bias in argument evaluation such that arguments incompatible with prior beliefs are scrutinized longer, subjected to more extensive refutational analyses, and consequently are judged to be weaker than arguments compatible with prior beliefs. The idea that people are unable to evaluate evidence independently of prior beliefs has been documented elsewhere, including in the classic study by C. …
Cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning
The authors examined cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning among East Asian (Chinese and Korean), Asian American, and European American university students. We investigated categorization (Studies 1 and 2), conceptual structure (Study 3), and deductive reasoning (Studies 3 and 4). In each study a cognitive conflict was activated between formal and intuitive strategies of reasoning. European Americans, more than Chinese and Ko…
Early Paleoindian Land Use, Mobility, and Lithic Exploitation Patterns
This article documents 583 fluted projectile points from seventy-two Indiana counties. While fluted points occur in virtually all microtopographic settings, the highest frequency were recovered from riparian settings or overlooks of those areas. The largest concentrations of these artifacts are located on the terraces of major streams. More than half of the fluted points documented were found in the unglaciated portion of the state along the Ohio…
An advantage model of choice
A descriptive model of choice between simple lotteries is proposed. According to the model, people combine 'absolute' and 'comparative' strategies in choice situations. Three experimental tests of the model are reported. In its limited domain, the model appears superior to Prospect Theory on qualitative grounds, and to 1‐parameter versions of Expected Utility Theory on both qualitative and quantitative grounds
Choice reaction time
The report analyzes and evaluates (against experimental findings) contemporary theories of choice reaction time (CRT). The influence of Donders' subtraction method on current theory is assessed, followed by a review of experimental findings concerned with the effects on CRT of: (1) number of alternatives, (2) stimulus probability, (3) stimulus value, (4) repetition of stimulus or response, (5) stimulus discriminability, (6) stimulus-response comp…
The role of schemas in reading text
This article is concerned with how people process text in the presence or absence of a relevant schema. In particular, we focus on the effects of schema availability and concept repetition on both on‐line integration and memory for text. Subjects were required to read “vague” texts (like Bransford and Johnson's, 1972, well‐known “washing clothes” story) and their reading time for each sentence in each text was recorded. Half the texts were preced…
Categories and Concepts
Choice reaction time
The report analyzes and evaluates (against experimental findings) contemporary theories of choice reaction time (CRT). The influence of Donders' subtraction method on current theory is assessed, followed by a review of experimental findings concerned with the effects on CRT of: (1) number of alternatives, (2) stimulus probability, (3) stimulus value, (4) repetition of stimulus or response, (5) stimulus discriminability, (6) stimulus-response comp…
Semantic distance and the verification of semantic relations
Structure and process in semantic memory
Categories and Concepts
Categories and Concepts
An advantage model of choice
A descriptive model of choice between simple lotteries is proposed. According to the model, people combine 'absolute' and 'comparative' strategies in choice situations. Three experimental tests of the model are reported. In its limited domain, the model appears superior to Prospect Theory on qualitative grounds, and to 1‐parameter versions of Expected Utility Theory on both qualitative and quantitative grounds
Category-based induction.
An argument is categorical if its premises and conclusion are of the form All members ofC have property F, where C is a natural category like FALCON or BIRD, and P remains the same across premises and conclusion. An example is Grizzly bears love onions. Therefore, all bears love onions. Such an argument is psychologically strong to the extent that belief in its premises engenders belief in its conclusion. A subclass of categorical arguments is ex…
Early Paleoindian Land Use, Mobility, and Lithic Exploitation Patterns
This article documents 583 fluted projectile points from seventy-two Indiana counties. While fluted points occur in virtually all microtopographic settings, the highest frequency were recovered from riparian settings or overlooks of those areas. The largest concentrations of these artifacts are located on the terraces of major streams. More than half of the fluted points documented were found in the unglaciated portion of the state along the Ohio…
The role of schemas in reading text
This article is concerned with how people process text in the presence or absence of a relevant schema. In particular, we focus on the effects of schema availability and concept repetition on both on‐line integration and memory for text. Subjects were required to read “vague” texts (like Bransford and Johnson's, 1972, well‐known “washing clothes” story) and their reading time for each sentence in each text was recorded. Half the texts were preced…
A disconfirmation bias in the evaluation of arguments
Two experiments provided evidence for a disconfirmation bias in argument evaluation such that arguments incompatible with prior beliefs are scrutinized longer, subjected to more extensive refutational analyses, and consequently are judged to be weaker than arguments compatible with prior beliefs. The idea that people are unable to evaluate evidence independently of prior beliefs has been documented elsewhere, including in the classic study by C. …
Storage and Executive Processes in the Frontal Lobes
The human frontal cortex helps mediate working memory, a system that is used for temporary storage and manipulation of information and that is involved in many higher cognitive functions. Working memory includes two components: short-term storage (on the order of seconds) and executive processes that operate on the contents of storage. Recently, these two components have been investigated in functional neuroimaging studies. Studies of storage ind…
Cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning
The authors examined cultural preferences for formal versus intuitive reasoning among East Asian (Chinese and Korean), Asian American, and European American university students. We investigated categorization (Studies 1 and 2), conceptual structure (Study 3), and deductive reasoning (Studies 3 and 4). In each study a cognitive conflict was activated between formal and intuitive strategies of reasoning. European Americans, more than Chinese and Ko…
Tribute to David Swinney
Life of Sir Joseph Banks
Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain
How similar are the experiences of social rejection and physical pain? Extant research suggests that a network of brain regions that support the affective but not the sensory components of physical pain underlie both experiences. Here we demonstrate that when rejection is powerfully elicited—by having people who recently experienced an unwanted break-up view a photograph of their ex-partner as they think about being rejected—areas that support th…
Cognitive Psychology
Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs
Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (8 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · History and advancements in chemistry (3 works)