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Full Professor (as of July 1, 2025) | Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

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July 09, 2019

Power and Cognitive Functioning (PDF)→

July 09, 2019/ Pamela Smith

Yin, Y., & Smith, P.K. (2020). Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 95-99.

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2020, journal-article, invited-paper
power, cognition, construal level, social distance
January 26, 2018

Does Power Reduce Temporal Discounting? Commentary on Joshi and Fast (2013) (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Zhang, M., & Smith, P.K. (2018). Psychological Science, 29, 1010-1019.

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journal-article, 2018
power, goals and motivation, cognition, social distance, construal level
January 26, 2018

Power in Everyday Life (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Hofmann, W. (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 10043-10048.

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2016, journal-article
affect, cognition, power, social distance, interpersonal relationships
January 26, 2018

Power and Categorization: Power Increases the Number and Abstractness of Categories (PDF)→

January 26, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Smallman, R., & Rucker, D.D. (2016). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 281-289.

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journal-article, 2016
power, construal level, cognition, social distance
January 25, 2018

The Social Distance Theory of Power (PDF)→

January 25, 2018/ ScienceSites

Magee, J.C., & Smith, P.K. (2013). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17, 158-186.

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2013, journal-article
interpersonal relationships, affect, cognition, construal level, goals and motivation, power, social distance
January 24, 2018

Having the Power to Forgive: When the Experience of Power Increases Interpersonal Forgiveness (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Karremans, J.C., & Smith, P.K. (2010). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
36
, 1010-1023.

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2010, journal-article
cognition, consciousness
January 24, 2018

Three Problems with Dual Systems (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Ledgerwood, A. (2010). Psychological Inquiry, 21, 242-249.

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invited-paper, 2010
cognition
January 24, 2018

Powerful People Make Good Decisions Even When They Consciously Think (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Dijksterhuis, A., & Wigboldus, D.H.J. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 1258-1259.

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2008, journal-article
power, cognition, consciousness
January 24, 2018

Lacking Power Impairs Executive Functions (PDF)→

January 24, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., Jostmann, N.B., Galinsky, A.D., & van Dijk, W. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 441–447.

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2008, journal-article
power, goals and motivation, cognition
January 23, 2018

Nonconscious Goal Pursuit: Acting in an Explanatory Vacuum (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Oettingen, G., Grant, H., Smith, P.K., Skinner, M., & Gollwitzer, P.M. (2006). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 668-675.

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2006, journal-article
cognition, consciousness, goals and motivation
January 23, 2018

You Focus on the Forest When You’re in Charge of the Trees: Power Priming and Abstract Information Processing (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Smith, P.K., & Trope, Y. (2006). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 578-596.

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journal-article, 2006
cognition, power, construal level
January 23, 2018

What Do We Do Unconsciously? And How? (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Dijksterhuis, A. & Smith, P.K. (2005). Journal of Consumer Psychology, 15, 225-229.

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invited-paper, 2005
cognition, consciousness
January 23, 2018

The Unconscious Consumer: Effects of Environment on Consumer Behavior (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Dijksterhuis, A., Smith, P.K., Van Baaren, R.B., & Wigboldus, D.H.J. (2005). Journal of Consumer Psychology, 15, 193-202.

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2005, invited-paper
consciousness, cognition
January 23, 2018

The Power of the Subliminal: On Subliminal Persuasion and Other Potential Applications (PDF)→

January 23, 2018/ ScienceSites

Dijksterhuis, A., Aarts, H., & Smith, P.K. (2005). In R.R. Hassin, J.S. Uleman, & J.A. Bargh (Eds.), The New Unconscious (pp. 77-106). New York: Oxford University Press.

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2005, book-chapter
cognition, consciousness
January 22, 2018

Models of Visuospatial and Verbal Memory Across the Adult Life Span (PDF)→

January 22, 2018/ ScienceSites

Park, D.C., Lautenschlager, G., Hedden, T., Davidson, N.S., Smith, A.D., & Smith, P.K. (2002). Psychology and Aging, 17, 299-320.

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journal-article, 2002
cognition
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In the News

Press
Why gaining power makes us out of touch with the people we lead

- Fast Company
December 4, 2024

Psychologists Reveal Personality Trait That Leads to Power

- Newsweek
March 6, 2024

Want respect at work? Ditch the emojis

- U.S. News and World Report
March 15, 2022

Your workers are getting poached. McKinsey knows what you can do about it.

- Business Insider
November 19, 2021

RECENT ARTICLES

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Elevated Power Promotes Prosocial Behavior More than Elevated Status (PDF)

Hadar, B., Simchon, A., Gilead, M., & Smith, P. K. (in press). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Self-Control Signals and Affords Power (PDF)

Wu, S., Smallman, R., & Smith, P. K. (2024). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127, 1189-1214.

Medium Is a Powerful Message: Pictures Signal Less Power Than Words (PDF)

Amit, E., Danziger, S., & Smith, P. K. (2022). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 169, 104132.

Power Increases Perceptions of Others’ Choices, Leading People to Blame Others More (PDF)

Yin, Y., Savani, K., & Smith, P.K. (2022). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 170-177.

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