AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Phrenology was a pseudoscience that linked bumps on a person’s head to certain aspects of the individual’s personality and character. Phrenology heads or busts were used by phrenologists to perform “skull readings” that supposedly revealed information about a person’s character and tendencies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early 1800s – Franz Gall (German physician) invented phrenology – a popular but ill-fated theory that claimed bumps on the skull could reveal our mental abilities and our character traits. Phrenology correctly focused attention on the idea that various brain regions have particular functions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Phrenology is first developed by Franz Joseph Gall who believed that the strengths and weakness of one’s mental faculties could be determined by examining the bumps and depressions on one’s skull.

Detailed explanation-4: -Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) is best remembered for his belief that bumps on the skull reflect the growth of small, underlying brain areas, though among some historians, more positively for introducing the concept of cortical localization of function.

Detailed explanation-5: -Summary: The shape of your brain can influence personality traits, according to a new study. New research reveals the shape of our brain can provide surprising clues about how we behave and our risk of developing mental health disorders.