Eric D Smith
- Associate Professor of Practice
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-7828
- Education, Rm. 603
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- ericdsmith@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Psychology
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Is Eating Healthy Bearable? Examining Children's Transfer of Health-Related Concepts from a Storybook
- M.A. Psychology
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- B.S. Psychology
- Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2016 - Ongoing)
- Murray State University (2014 - 2016)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2023-24 Courses
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College Teaching
EDP 693C (Spring 2024) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EDP 920 (Spring 2024) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2024) -
Evolution+Human Developm
HDFS 200 (Spring 2024) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2024) -
Learning Theory In Educ
EDP 510 (Spring 2024) -
Master's Report
EDP 909 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EDP 920 (Fall 2023) -
Evolution+Human Developm
HDFS 200 (Fall 2023) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2023) -
Research
EDP 900 (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Spring 2023) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EDP 920 (Spring 2023) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2023) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2023) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2023) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Spring 2023) -
Conversations in Ed Psych
EDP 695 (Fall 2022) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
EDP 920 (Fall 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2022) -
Master's Report
EDP 909 (Fall 2022) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Spring 2022) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
EDP 920 (Spring 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2022) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2022) -
Research
EDP 900 (Spring 2022) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Spring 2022) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2021) -
Research
EDP 900 (Fall 2021) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Spring 2021) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2021) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2021) -
Research
EDP 900 (Spring 2021) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Spring 2021) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2020) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2020) -
Research In Education
EDP 340 (Spring 2020) -
Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Fall 2019) -
Conversations in Ed Psych
EDP 695 (Fall 2019) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
EDP 909 (Fall 2019) -
Research
EDP 900 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2019) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
EDP 399 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
EDP 599 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
EDP 699 (Spring 2019) -
Research
EDP 900 (Spring 2019) -
Research In Education
EDP 340 (Spring 2019) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Spring 2019) -
Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Fall 2018) -
Conversations in Ed Psych
EDP 695 (Fall 2018) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
EDP 499 (Fall 2018) -
Research
EDP 900 (Fall 2018) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Thesis
EDP 910 (Summer I 2018) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2018) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
EDP 699 (Spring 2018) -
Issues in Educ Psych
EDP 696B (Spring 2018) -
Research
EDP 900 (Spring 2018) -
Research In Education
EDP 340 (Spring 2018) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Spring 2018) -
Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Fall 2017) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
EDP 399 (Fall 2017) -
Research
EDP 900 (Fall 2017) -
Thesis
EDP 910 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Spring 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Spring 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Spring 2017) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Spring 2017) -
Research In Education
EDP 340 (Spring 2017) -
Adv Child Development
EDP 501 (Fall 2016) -
Current Issues Psych of Gender
EDP 150B1 (Fall 2016) -
Evolution+Human Developm
EDP 200 (Fall 2016) -
Evolution+Human Developm
FSHD 200 (Fall 2016) -
Evolution+Human Developm
PSY 200 (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Lillard, A. S., Dore, R. A., Hopkins, E. J., & Smith, E. D. (2015). Challenges to Research on Play: Mending the Methodological Mistakes. In Handbook of the Study of Play(pp 445-452).
- Lillard, A. S., Pinkham, A. M., & Smith, E. (2011). Pretend play and cognitive development. In The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development(pp 285--311).
Journals/Publications
- Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2017). Children Adopt the Traits of Characters in a Narrative. Child Development Research.
- Hopkins, E. J., Smith, E. D., Weisberg, D. S., & Lillard, A. S. (2016). The Development of Substitute Object Pretense: The Differential Importance of Form and Function. Journal of Cognition and Development, 17(2), 197--220.
- Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2015). How is theory of mind useful? Perhaps to enable social pretend play. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1559.
- Lillard, A. S., Drell, M. B., Richey, E. M., Boguszewski, K., & Smith, E. D. (2015). Further examination of the immediate impact of television on children’s executive function.. Developmental Psychology, 51(6), 792.
- Lockhart, K. L., Goddu, M. K., Smith, E. D., & Keil, F. C. (2016). What Could You Really Learn on Your Own?: Understanding the Epistemic Limitations of Knowledge Acquisition. Child Development.
- Hopkins, E., Smith, E., & Lillard, A. (2014). The development of substitute object pretense: The role of executive function and theory of mind. Unpublished manuscript, University of Virginia.
- Lillard, A. S., & Smith, E. D. (2013). Entwining Teaching and Research: Creating a Collaborative Review Paper. Observer.
- Lillard, A. S., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Palmquist, C. M., Lerner, M. D., & Smith, E. D. (2013). Concepts and theories, methods and reasons: Why do the children (pretend) play? Reply to Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013); Bergen (2013); and Walker and Gopnik (2013).. Psychological Bulletin.
- Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The Impact of Pretend Play on Children's Development: A Review of the Evidence.. Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 1--34.
- Smith, E. D., Englander, Z. A., Lillard, A. S., & Morris, J. P. (2013). Cortical mechanisms of pretense observation. Social Neuroscience, 8(4), 356--368.
- Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2012). Play on: Retrospective reports of the persistence of pretend play into middle childhood. Journal of Cognition and Development, 13(4), 524--549.
- Principe, G. F., & Smith, E. (2008). Seeing things unseen: Fantasy beliefs and false reports. Journal of Cognition and Development, 9(1), 89--111.
- Principe, G. F., & Smith, E. (2008). The tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: How belief in the tooth fairy can engender false memories. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(5), 625--642.
Poster Presentations
- Heise, M., Smith, E. D., & Lillard, A. (2016, October). Today’s preschoolers’ imitation from models: Checking on Bobo. Technology and Media in Children’s Development Special Topic Meeting. Irvine, CA: Society for Research in Child Development.