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The programme presents a practical attempt to relate the admission procedure of a university to psychological evidence. The Cambridge University experiment of 1963, in which an alternative entrance... paper was taken by a small number of candidates for a group of Cambridge colleges, was closely followed and analysed by Professor Liam Hudson, psychologist and author, now at Edinburgh University. Professor Hudson also prepared part of the paper. He felt that the traditional entrance paper favoured convergers, while the alternative paper gave more of a chance to divergers. Professor Broadbent, the Senior Tutor at Kings College, was deeply involved in the administration of the paper. Victor Lee, who has already discussed the concept of convergence and divergence in the written text of the unit, interviewed Professors Broadbent and Hudson with the result that this programme looks at the experiment through their eyes.
The programme presents a practical attempt to relate the admission procedure of a university to psychological evidence. The Cambridge University experiment of 1963, in which an alternative entrance... paper was taken by a small number of candidates for a group of Cambridge colleges, was closely followed and analysed by Professor Liam Hudson, psychologist and author, now at Edinburgh University. Professor Hudson also prepared part of the paper. He felt that the traditional entrance paper favoured convergers, while the alternative paper gave more of a chance to divergers. Professor Broadbent, the Senior Tutor at Kings College, was deeply involved in the administration of the paper. Victor Lee, who has already discussed the concept of convergence and divergence in the written text of the unit, interviewed Professors Broadbent and Hudson with the result that this programme looks at the experiment through their eyes.
| Module code and title: | E281, Personality growth and learning |
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| Item code: | E281; 02 |
| Recording date: | 1971-05-12 |
| First transmission date: | 30-01-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:20 |
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| Producer: | Judith Fage |
| Contributors: | John Broadbent; Liam Hudson; Victor Lee |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Psychological evidence |
| Master spool number: | TLN19FM353J |
| Production number: | TLN19FM353J |
| Available to public: | no |
