ABSTRACT
Professor Hunter argued for “an unknown intra-organic cue non-observable to the experimenter” —a “representative factor” like that of “sensory thought,” which enabled the subjects to respond correctly when the guiding stimulus was no longer present. The representative factor was described as probably kinesthetic, the equivalent of gesture language, having its locus in the bodily musculature and appearing phylogenetically and ontogenetically in advance of vocal language. Laboratory exercises led to undergraduate projects; projects sometimes led to masters’ essays, to doctoral dissertations, and to experimental programs. There was an atmosphere of exploration and discovery everywhere, with everyone involved—students, assistants, and instructors. The behavior scientists of tomorrow will be better trained, and sooner, than the behavior scientists of today. They will have come up through the system on different tracks, perhaps, but with success at every stage of progress and will have passed through their apprenticeship with leaders in their fields.
