Phrenology - Wikipedia As a phrenologist felt the skull, he would use his knowledge of the shapes of heads and organ positions to determine the overall natural strengths and weaknesses of an individual Phrenologists believed the head revealed natural tendencies but not absolute limitations or strengths of character
Phrenology | Thompson | Encyclopedia of the History of Science Phrenology, the nineteenth-century practice of interpreting mental qualities and potential based on the external appearance of the skull, is a science with a complex and rich history and historiography
Phrenology | History, Theory, Pseudoscience | Britannica phrenology, the study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character, especially according to the hypotheses of Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828), a German doctor, and such 19th-century adherents as Johann Kaspar Spurzheim (1776–1832) and George Combe (1788–1858)
Phrenology: The Study of Skull Shape and Behavior - Simply Psychology Phrenology, or craniology, is a now-discredited system for analyzing a person’s strengths and weaknesses based on the size and shape of regions on the skull The Viennese physiologist Franz Joseph Gall invented phrenology in the late 18th century
What Is Phrenology? Definition and Principles - ThoughtCo Phrenology is largely based on the ideas and writings of the Viennese physician Franz Joseph Gall Other proponents of this pseudoscience were Johann Kaspar Spurzheim and George Combe Phrenologists would measure the skull and use the bumps of the skull to determine characteristics of a human
What Is Phrenology in Psychology? - Verywell Mind Phrenology was a pseudoscience that linked the bumps on a person's head to certain aspects of their personality and character Phrenologists used phrenology heads or busts to perform "skull readings, " supposedly revealing information about a person's character and tendencies