Guide to the John Condry Papers,
1967-1993.

Collection Number: 23-13-3741

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
Eileen Keating
Date completed:
October 7, 2009
EAD encoding:
James Zhang, October 7, 2009
Date modified:
RMC Staff, October 2012

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John Condry papers, 1967-1993.
Collection Number:
23-13-3741
Creator:
John C. Condry
Quantity:
0.4 cubic foot.
Forms of Material:
Publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes publications and papers written by Condry concerning his research on the psychology of television and its impact on children.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor in the Dept. of Human Development (1966-1993) and Director of the Center for Research on the Effects of Television.
Condry graduated from West Virigina University with an A.B. degree in 1961 and an M.A. in 1962. He received his PhD in social psychology in 1966 from the University of California at Los Angeles. His entire teaching career was spent at Cornell with sabbaticals at the University of Kansas and at Stanford University.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes publications and papers written by Condry concerning his research on the psychology of television and its impact on children.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Condry, John C.
Cornell University--Faculty.
Cornell UniversityCenter for Research on the Effects of Television.

Subjects:
Television broadcasting--Psychological aspects.
Television and children--United States.
Mass media and children.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects z United States.
Television viewers.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
John Condry papers, #23-13-3741. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1967
"Intrinsic Motivation and the Process of Learning"
Box 1 Folder 1
1974
"Characteristics of Peer and Adult Oriented Children"
-Journal of Marriage and the Family
Box 1 Folder 2
1977
"The Role of Incentives in Socialization"
-The Hidden Costs of Rewards
Box 1 Folder 3
1979
"Can Education Be Made 'Intrinsically Interesting' to Children?"
-Current Topics in Early Childhood Education
Box 1 Folder 4
1980
"Television and the Social Ecology of Childhood"
Box 1 Folder 5
1981
"The Effect Pattern of Outcome and Base Rate Information on Perceptions
of Success and Failure: Implications for Learned Helplessness"
Box 1 Folder 6
1981
"Experimental Approaches to Intrinsic Motivation: Implications for the Use
of Social Control" -American Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 7
1981
"Television and the Future"
-NYS Association for the Education of Young Children Newsletter
Box 1 Folder 8
1982
"The Effects of Pattern Outcomes and Comparative Information on Reactions
to Success and Failure" -Eastern Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 9
1982
Proposal - "Motivation, Computer Technology and Education"
Box 1 Folder 10
1983
Apple Education Foundation
Box 1 Folder 11
1983
"Differential Response to a Film Labeled Real vs. Fictitious"
-American Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 12
1983
"Educational and Recreational Uses of Computer Technology
-Youth and Society
Box 1 Folder 13
1984
"Character Portrayals and Social Values in TV Commercials"
-American Psychological Convention
Box 1 Folder 14
1984
"Character Portrayals and Social Values in U.S. Network TV Commercials"
-International Television Studies Conference
-American Psychological Association Convention
Box 1 Folder 15
1984
"Emotional Responses to Video Material: The Role of Ego Involvement,
Perceived Reality, Empathy and Sex"
Box 1 Folder 16
1984
"Gender Identity and Social Competence"
-Sex Roles
Box 1 Folder 17
1984
Proposal - Research on an Archive of Telvision Ads
Box 1 Folder 18
1985
"Character Portrayals in Television Commercials: New Evidence
Concerning Gender Differences and Social Reality"
Box 1 Folder 19
1985
"The Effect of Perceived Reality on Adults' Responses to Filmed
and Televised Events" - American Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 20
1985
"The Non-Program Content of Saturday Morning Television"
Box 1 Folder 21
1985
"Sex and Aggression: The Influence of Gender Labels on the Perception
of Aggression in Children" - Child Development
Box 1 Folder 22
1986
"Effect of TV Commercials and Public Service Announcements on Viewers'
Emotional Responses to Televised Events"
-Eastern Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 23
1986
"The Role of Familiarity in Social Perception: A Study of Responses
to Hill Street Blue" -Eastern Psychological Association
Box 1 Folder 24
1986
"Television as Educator"
Box 1 Folder 25
1987
"Enhancing Motivation: A Social Developmental Perspective"
Box 1 Folder 26
1987
"The Structure of the Television Environment"
-International Communication Association
Box 1 Folder 27
1988
"Anti-Drug and Pro-Drug Messages on Television"
Box 1 Folder 28
1987
"Developmental Differences in Children's Reasoning about Santa Claus
-and Other Fantasy Characters" - Society for Research in Child Development
Box 1 Folder 29
1988
"Living Color: Minority Portrayals and Cross-Racial Interactions on TV"
Box 1 Folder 30
1988
"Nonprogram Content of Children's Television"
-Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Box 1 Folder 31
1989
"The Psychology of Television" - Reviews
Box 1 Folder 32
1989
"Discriminating Real from Make-Believe on Television: A Developmental Study"
-Society for Research on Child Development
Box 1 Folder 33
1989
"The Role of Familiarity in Social Perception: A Study of
Responses to Television Drama"
Box 1 Folder 34
1990
Poster and Papers Concerning Television
Box 1 Folder 35
1991
"Program and Non-Program Content of Children's Television 1970-1990"
-Society for Research in Child Development
Box 1 Folder 36
1991
"Smart Army, Dumb TV"
Box 1 Folder 37
1992
"Overview of Special Issue on Intrinsic Motivation"
"Afterward: What's Left Out of Intrinsic Motivation Theory?"
Box 1 Folder 38
1993
"Children's Television Before and After the Children's Television
Act of 1990" - Poster
Box 1 Folder 39
1993
"The Development of the Collectivist and the Individualist Self-Concept"
and its Effect on the Response to Television Commercials" - Proposal
Box 1 Folder 40
1993
"Thief of Time, Unfaithful Servant: Television and the American Child"
-Daedalus
Box 1 Folder 41
"Patterns of Task Outcomes as a Factor in the Perception of Control"
Box 1 Folder 42
"Perceived Control as a Function of Coherent Versus
Random Patterns of Outcomes"
Box 1 Folder 43
1982 - 1988
Prospectus for Book
Box 1 Folder 44
1982 - 1984
Research Grants
Box 1 Folder 45
1985
Reviews by Condry
Box 1 Folder 46
1981
Proposal - Computer Aided Instruction
Box 1 Folder 47
1978
Federal Trade Commission - Hearings
Box 1 Folder 48
1991 - 1993
Federal Trade Commission - Comments Before Them
Box 1 Folder 49
1988
Graduate Student Project with Robert Rieger
Box 1 Folder 50