CodeBPS/GB/159
NameConrad; Richard (1916-2020); Dr
TitleDr
ForenamesRichard
SurnameConrad
Dates1916-2020
Parallel NameR Conrad
Other NamesReuben Conrad
GenderMale
NationalityBritish
DatesAndPlacesMRC/APU Cambridge, 1948-1981
AddressOxford
ActivityDate of Birth: 06/07/1916 - Date of Death 17/03/2020
Place of Birth: London - PLace of Death: Oxford

University Qualifications and Professional Training:
University of Cambridge BA psychology (nd)
University of Cambridge Ph.D (nd)

Professional Career:
MRC/APU Cambridge Research 1948-1958
MRC/APU Assistant Director 1958-1981

Awards:
Bartlett Medal Ergonomics Society 1969

BPS activities:
BPS Council 1960s
C.S.Myers Lecture 1967
Ergonomics (Research) Society (nd).

Sources: R Conrad's Personal Details Sheet.

Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre.
PublishedWorksSelected publications:
The study of skill by motion and time study, and by psychological experiment , ‘Research’ 4, p. 353-358 (1951)
Speed and Load stress in a sensori - motor skill, British Journal of Industrial Medicine 8, p. 1-7, (1951)
Some effects on performance of changes in perceptual load, Journal of Experimental Psychology 49, (5) p. 313 - 322, (1955)
Errors of immediate memory, British Journal of Psychology, 50, (4) 349 - 359, (1959)
'Standard typewriter versus Chord Keyboard – an Experimental comparison', by R. Conrad and D. Longman, Ergonomics, 8, (1), 77-88. (1965).
'Information, Acoustic Confusion and Memory Span', by R. Conrad and A. J. Hull, Brit. J. Psychol., 55, (4) 429-432. (1964).
'Predictability and Immediate Memory for Consonant Sequences', by A. D. Baddeley, R. Conrad and A. J. Hull, Quart. J. Exp. Psychol., XVII, (2), 175-177. (1965).
'Acoustic Factors v. Language Factors in Short-Term Memory', by R. Conrad, P. Freeman and A. J. Hull, Psychonomic Sci., 3., 57-58. (1965).
'The Role of the Nature., of the Material in Verbal Learning', by R. Conrad, Acta Psychologica, XXIV. (3), 244-252. (1965).
'Order Error in Immediate Recall of Sequences', by R. Conrad, J. Verb. Learn. & Verb. Behav., 4, (3), 161-169. (1965).
'Interference or Decay over Short Retention Intervals', by R. Conrad, J. Verb. Learn. & Verb. Behav., 6, (1), 49-54. (1967).
'Rate of Presentation and the Acoustic Similarity Effect in Short-Term Memory', by R. Conrad, A. D. Baddeley and A. J. Hull, Psyohon. Sci., 5, (6), 233-234. (1966).
The Role of the Interpolated Task in Short-Term Retention', by R. Conrad and A. J. Hull, Quart. J. Exp. Psyohol., XVIII. (3), 266-269. (1966).
"Beyond Industrial Psychology", by R. Conrad, Brit. Psychol. Soc. Bull. 20, (67), 1-12. (1967).
"The Preferred Layout for Numeral Data Entry Keysets', by R. Conrad and A. J. Hull, Ergonomics, 11, (2), 165-173. (1968).
'Performance with Different Push-Button Arrangements, by R. Conrad, Het FTT-Bedrijf, XV, (1 & 2), 110-113. (1967).
'Short-Term Memory Processes in the Deaf', by R. Conrad, Brit. J. Psychol., 61, (2), 179-195. (1970).
On the cognitive ability of deaf children with deaf parents, with Weinskrantz B.C., American Annals of the Deaf, 126 (9), p. 995 - 1003 (1981)
Reading, seeing, speaking, signing, In: Proceedings of European Federation of Association of Teachers of the Deaf, Oslo, 1979 J. Croos, Incorperation. Heidelberg, p. 238 - 258 (1981)
SourceR Conrad's Personal Details Sheet.
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-29/july/quality-and-longevity Article on Conrad when 100
Obituaries
https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-33/june-2020/reuben-conrad-1916-2020
https://limpingchicken.com/2020/05/05/obituary-reuben-conrad-psychologist-working-with-deaf-children-trustee-of-deaf-studies-trust/
ConventionsInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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