Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17__MMwEHRURkU8Ba1ls91TzrMRBBNMm8/view?usp=sharing
Qualifications
PhD
Research Interests
Ignorance and Uncertainty, Risk, Decision Making, Statistical Methods for Psychological Research, Social Dilemmas, Fuzzy Logic, Philosophy and Social Psychology of Science
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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An Experimental Investigation of Treatment Decisions under Ambiguity and Conflict
Shou, Y., Gulliver, A., Farrer, L. M., Dawel, A., Newman, E. & Smithson, M., Oct 2025, In: Medical Decision Making. 45, 7, p. 892-903 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An investigation of the convergent validity and test–retest reliability of three uncertainty preference measures
Zhu, G., Shou, Y. & Smithson, M., Aug 2025, In: Behavior Research Methods. 57, 8, 19 p., 221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communicating certainty via verbal probability phrases: comparing health contexts with no context
Shou, Y., Lee, L. H., Yeo, J. E. & Smithson, M., 2025, In: BMC Family Practice. 26, 10 p., 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conflictive Uncertainty: A Framework for Understanding the Aversion to Conflicting Information in Social Contexts
Zhu, G., Shou, Y., Smithson, M. & Platow, M. J., 20 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ETHICS IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: Commissions and Omissions
Smithson, M., 1 Jan 2024, The Routledge Handbook of Human Research Ethics and Integrity in Australia. Taylor and Francis, p. 175-186 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Fake News and Post-Truth Impacts: Responses to Conflictive Uncertainty
Smithson, M. (PI) & Shou, Y. (CoI)
24/02/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Discovering sources of individual differences in first language acquisition
Kidd, E. (PI), Arciuli, J. (CoI), Arciuli, J. (CoI) & Smithson, M. (CoI)
15/02/16 → 21/08/19
Project: Research
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Judgements and Decisions under Ambiguity and Conflict
Smithson, M. (PI) & Budescu, D. (CoI)
21/01/15 → 30/10/18
Project: Research
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Zero-Sum Thinking: Psychological Predictors and Causes
Smithson, M. (PI) & Verkuilen, J. (CoI)
15/01/12 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
Prizes
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2024 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
Richardson, A. (Recipient), Ahmad, D. (Recipient), Baffour, B. (Recipient), Das, S. (Recipient), Hingee, K. (Recipient), Kushnick, G. (Recipient), Tanaka, E. (Recipient), Nascimento da Silva, T. (Recipient), Smyth, L. (Recipient), Passmore, S. (Recipient) & Smithson, M. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes and Awards