Steven Smith
Department of Psychology
Saint Mary's University
923 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3
Canada
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Phone: (902) 420-5852
Fax: (902) 496-8287
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Broadly speaking, my research interests fall into three major categories: (1) attitudes, (2) psychology and law, and (3) group communication and decision making. In the first area I have attempted to advance our understanding of how the cognitive structural underpinnings of attitudes influence how individuals perceive their own attitudes, how attitudes affect attitude-behaviour consistency, and how attitudes bias information processing and memory. My social memory research has focused on understanding how attitudes bias social memory and how we can distinguish between accurate and inaccurate social memories (specifically, eyewitness memory for criminal events). Finally, my group communication and decision making research is focused on applying theoretical aspects of group dynamics research to applied settings. In particular, I am exploring ways to improve group communication and decision making, especially in situations where errors can be catastrophic (e.g., aviation, medical teams).
 Journal Articles:
- Lindsay, R. C. L., Ross, D. F., Smith, S. M., & Flanagan, S. (1999). Does race influence measures of lineup fairness? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 109-120.
- Lindsay, R. C. L., Smith, S. M., & Pryke, S. (1999). Measures of lineup fairness: Do they postdict identification accuracy? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 93-108.
- Smith, S. M., & deMan, A. F. (1996). Selected personality characteristics and attitudes toward feminism. Social Behavior and Personality, 24, 273-278.
- Smith, S. M., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Pryke, S. (2001). Postdictors of eyewitness errors: Can false identifications be diagnosed in the cross race situation? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 5, 153-169.
- Smith, S. M., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Pryke, S. (2000). Postdictors of eyewitness errors: Can false identifications be diagnosed? Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 542-550.
Other Publications:
- Fabrigar, L. R., Smith, S. M., & Brannon, L. A. (1999). Social cognition: Attitudes as cognitive structures. In F. Durso, R. Schvaneveldt, M. Chi, S. Lindsay, R. Nickerson, & S. Dumais (Eds.), Handbook of applied cognition (pp. 173-206). London: Wiley Books.
- Smith, S. M., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2000). Attitude: Overview. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), The encyclopedia of psychology. New York: APA Books & Oxford University Press.
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