Dr John Lawson

Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

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Biography

John's previous research was centred on the autism spectrum. He has developed a new cognitive model to conceptualise the spectrum that manages to synthesise the three dominant models in the area. The new model gives rise to a host of implications and issues that encompass three main areas 1) the autism spectrum 2) sex differences in the general population 3) the effect of a male bias towards a particular kind of cognitive style on the development of social structures and value systems. More recently he has been working in the area of the 'Dark Triad'. This involves an examination of sub-clinical psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism in the general population.

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) Department of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge

PhD Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

Selected Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Lawson, J. (in prep) Gender difference in moral reasoning: Evidence from Autism. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. Blackwell (UNKNOWN)
Lawson, J. & Baron-Cohen, S. (in prep) Code Breaking: Another test of Systemising in adults with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Plenum Press (UNKNOWN)
Lawson, J., Baron-Cohen, S., & Wheelwright, S. (2004) Empathising and Systemising in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Plenum Press p 301-310 , 2004
Lawson, J. (2003) Depth Accessibility Difficulties: An alternative conceptualisation of Autism Spectrum Conditions. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. Blackwell p189-202 , 2003
Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Scahill, V., Lawson, J. and Spong, A. (2001) Are intuitive physics and intuitive psychology independent? A test with children with Asperger syndrome, Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders 5:47-78 , 2001

BOOKS

Lawson, J. (in prep) The Role of Autism in Shaping Society, Routledge (UNKNOWN)
Lawson, J. & Baron-Cohen, S. (in prep) Everyday Tendencies: New directions in exploring the empathising and systemising model of autism spectrum conditions. Autism. Sage (UNKNOWN)
Lawson, J. (2007) Conceptualizacion del espectro autista: sistemas abiertos y cerrados y las implicaciones terapeuticas. In D. Garcia-Villamiser (Ed.) El Autismo en Personas Adultas: Nuevas Perspectivas de Futuro, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Social, Espanol , 2007
Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Lawson, J., Griffin, R. & Ashwin, C. (2005) Empathising and systemising in autism spectrum conditions. In F. Volkmar, A. Klin, & Paul, R. (Eds.), Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders - 3rd edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons. , 2005
Lawson, J. (2007) Economics and Autism: why the drive towards closure? In Contributions to Social Ontology, J. Latsis, C. Lawson, N. Martin Eds. Routledge , 2007

BOOK CHAPTERS

Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, S., Griffin, R., Lawson, J. and Hill, J. The Exact Mind: Empathising and Systemising in autism spectrum conditions. In Handbook of Cognitive Development, U. Goswami, Ed. Blackwell, 2002 p491-508 , 2002

Past courses taught

An introduction to individual differences | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

An introduction to autism | Summer Programme course

An introduction to mental health conditions and clinical disorders | Weekend Courses

An introduction to individual differences | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

An introduction to autism | Summer Programme course

An introduction to mental health conditions and clinical disorders | Weekend Courses

An introduction to the psychology of mental health conditions | Summer Programme course

Introduction to mental health conditions | Weekend Courses

An introduction to mental health conditions | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

Introduction to mental health conditions | Virtual Festival of Learning

An introduction to social psychology | Virtual Festival of Learning

Investigating Autism | Virtual Festival of Learning

An introduction to social psychology | Virtual Festival of Learning

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

The human mind: the 'normal' and beyond (Double course: to be taken with B34) | Summer Programme course

The human mind: the 'normal' and beyond (Double course: to be taken with A34) | Summer Programme course

The mind in context | Short Course (2-7 days)

The human mind: the 'normal' and beyond | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

The human mind: the 'normal' and beyond | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

Introducing psychology: mind, mental process and behaviour | Summer Programme course

The abnormal mind: an introduction to psychopathology | Summer Programme course

Introducing psychology: mind, mental process and behaviour | Summer Programme course

The abnormal mind: an introduction to psychopathology | Summer Programme course

An introduction to social psychology | Summer Programme course

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