Advocaat's winless side turned in a shambolic first-half display that enabled Callum Wilson and Matt Ritchie to put Bournemouth in charge, before Younes Kaboul was sent off to cap a miserable afternoon.
It is the third time in six games this season that Sunderland have found themselves at least two goals down at the break and Advocaat lashed out at his players for the loss, admitting they "have to face it".
"I'm very, very angry with the players because this is not the first time," he told reporters.
"After the game I said I will start thinking about myself. What did I do wrong? What are we doing during the week? I will think about that, but the players also have to face it as well.
"What we brought and what Bournemouth brought was different.
"Last week, we thought in training it's getting better and better. But if you see what we did in the first half, it's unbelievable. It's a big problem because the mentality is difficult to change."
Sunderland had chances of their own as former Bournemouth-loanee Jermain Defoe missed two excellent first-half chances, while Jeremain Lens also had a second-half effort incorrectly ruled out for offside.
Yet Advocaat insists he expects better from a starting XI that contained nine full internationals.
He added: "All respect to Bournemouth for winning the game, but look at the team sheet and see the names, we have to do more than we did."
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