Phrenology is a
A)technique for staining neural tissue.
B) misguided attempt to correlate personality with bumps in the skull.
C) method for imaging brain activity.
D) method for fixing neural tissue.

Question

Phrenology is a 
A)technique for staining neural tissue. 
B) misguided attempt to correlate personality with bumps in the skull.​ 
C) method for imaging brain activity.​ 
D) method for fixing neural tissue.​

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Phrenology is a now discredited pseudoscience that attempted to correlate personality traits with the shape and bumps of the skull. It had no scientific basis and was based on misguided assumptions.

Phrenology Is a