Watson criticized the introspective methods of the structuralists and functionalists primarily because:
A)the use of these methods necessitated a belief in the existence of mental events.
B)introspection cannot produce replicable and objective measures required by science.
C)the stimulus-response introspective model was overly simplistic.
D)reaction time was an unreliable dependent measure.

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Watson believed that psychology should only study observable behavior and not depend on introspection, which relies on subjective self-reporting and cannot produce replicable and objective measures required by science.

Watson Criticized the Introspective Methods of the Structuralists and Functionalists