Brief Introduction Top

John Elliott was born in the UK in 1945, came to Singapore in 1951, and attended ACS (Barker Road) and Bootham School, York. He graduated from Cambridge, UK, with honours in experimental psychology in 1968 and obtained his doctorate in 1975 as a staff candidate at Sheffield University. From 1973 -1976 he was the Psychologist in the then Ministry of Social Affairs, Singapore. After a further 10 years in the Sheffield Department of Psychology, he joined NUS as a Senior Teaching Fellow. He has been Associate Professor in Psychology since 1994, also serving part time as a Research Fellow for the Bioethics advisory Committee from 2005 to 2011. He is a former Academic Advisor to the UK Open University Psychology degree programme in Singapore; Member, resource panel for the Singapore Police Force Psychology Unit; Former Member, National Medical Ethics Committee and National Bioethics Advisory Committee, and member, Singapore Childrens' Society Executive Committee and Chair of its Research Committee.

Teaching Areas Top

• PL3204 Developmental Psychology
• PL3283 Lab in Developmental Psychology
• PL4202 History and Systems of Psychology
• PL4214 Evolutionary Psychology

Research Interests Top

• Social and cognitive development in young children
• Resolving issues in Bioethics

Publications Top

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

• Elliott, JM, CWL Ho and SSN Lim (Eds.) Bioethics in Singapore: The Ethical Microcosm. 2010. NJ & Singapore: World Scientific. 326 + xviii pp.
• Tong, C.K., Elliott, J.M. & Tan, P.E.M. (1996) Public perceptions of child abuse & neglect in Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Children's Society (150pp).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Elliott, J.M. (1994). Conceptualising Ageing: Issues in psychological research. In: C. Bentelsptracher & K. Minai (Eds.), Ageing in Japan & Singapore (pp. 210-225). Singapore: Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore.
• Long F.Y. & Elliott J.M. (1988). Individual Differences and Youth Groups in Singapore. In S.B.G. Eysenck & D.H. Saklofske (Eds.) Individual Differences in Children & Adolescents; International Perspectives (pp. 195-208). London: Hodder & Stoughton.
• Elliott J.M. (1981). Performance Limitations & Cognitive Growth. In K.J. Connolly & H.F.R. Prechtl (Eds.), Maturation & Development (pp. 231-253). London: SIMP/Heinemann.
• Elliott J.M. & Connolly, K.J.(1979). Motor Skills in theory and practice. In D.J. Oborne, M.M. Gruneberg & J.R. Eiser (Eds). Research in Psychology and Medicine (vol.2 pp.453-461). London: Academic Press.
• Elliott J.M. (1974). Hierarchical Structure in Skill Development. In K.J.Connolly & J.S. Bruner (Eds.), The growth of competence (pp.135-168). London: Academic Press.
• Connolly K.J. & Elliott J.M. (1972). The evolution & ontogeny of hand function. In N. Blurton-Jones (Ed.), Ethological Studies of Child Behaviour (pp. 329-383). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

ARTICLES IN JOURNAL

• Loh, C.Y. & Elliott, J.M. (1998).  Cooperation and competition as a function of zygosity in 7- to 9-year-old twins. Evolution and Human behavior, 19, 397-411.
• Elliott, J.M., Tong, C.K., & Tan, P.M.E.H. (1997). Attitudes of the Singapore public to actions suggesting child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21, 445-464
• Loh, C.Y., & Elliott, J.M. (1996). Behavioural methods for zygosity testing and sampling of twins in Singapore. Singapore Paediatric Journal, 38, 172-179.
• Elliott J.M. (1992). Forward Digit Span and articulation speed for Malay, English, and two Chinese dialects. Perceptual & Motor Skills,  74, 291-295.
• Elliott J.M. (1991). Is language important in mental arithmetic? Singapore Journal of Education, 11, 35-44.
  
• Teo, C.S., Foong,W., Lui, H.H., Vignehsa, H., Elliott, J.M. & Milgrom, P. (1990). Prevalence of dental fear in young adult Singaporeans. International Dental Journal, 40, 37-42.
• Milgrom, P., Kleinknecht, R.A., Elliott, J.M., Liu, H.-H. & Teo, C.-S. (1990). A cross-cultural cross validation of the Dental Fear Survey in SE Asia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 227-233.
• Elliott, J.M., Connolly, K.J. & Doyle, A.J.R. (1988). Development of kinaesthetic sensitivity and motor performance in children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 30, 80-92.
• Doyle, A.J.R., Elliott, J.M. & Connolly, K.J. (1986). Measurement of kinaesthetic sensitivity. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 28, 188-193.
• Frohlich, D.M. & Elliott, J.M. (1984). The schematic representation of effector function underlying perceptual-motor skill. Journal of Motor Behavior, 16, 40-60.
• Elliott, J.M. & Connolly, K.J. (1984). A classification of manipulative hand movements. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 26 , 283-296.
• Elliott J.M. & Connolly K.J. (1978). The effect of visual frame of reference on a judgement of plane stimulus orientation by children. Perception, 7, 139-149.
• Weiskrantz L., Elliott J.M. & Darlington C. (1971). Preliminary observations on tickling oneself. Nature, 230, 598-599.

Other Information Top

Hobbies include classic cars, old clocks and orchid growing
I am Past President of the Orchid Society of SE Asia and Editor of the Malayan Orchid Review. I was also the Conference Chair, 20th World Orchid Cnference, Singapore, 2011