What was john Watson's biggest complaint about the field of psychology?

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He was disillusioned with the continued focus on mental states that seemed so elusive as objects of scientific study, and he was especially perturbed with the overwhelming reliance on the method of introspection (Watson, 1936)

Source: Watson (1936). A history of psychology in autobiography via "A brief history of modern psychology"

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