You are taking a psychology course from a noted psychologist in the early twentieth century. He states that psychology must be built only on overt behaviours because only the observable can be measured scientifically. Your professor is most likely

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The idea that psychology should only focus on observable behaviors and ignore mental processes was a central tenet of behaviorism, a movement founded by John B. Watson in the early twentieth century. Freud, Wundt, and James were all influential psychologists, but they did not hold this particular view.

You Are Taking a Psychology Course from a Noted Psychologist