Phrenology refers to:
A) the study of brain-endocrine system interactions.
B) a pseudoscience that related personality characteristics to bumps on the skull.
C) the historical method of drilling holes in the skull as a treatment for brain disease and mental illness.
D) the scientific study of phrens, or phrenetics.

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Phrenology was a pseudoscientific theory developed in the 19th century that claimed personality traits and mental abilities could be determined by examining the shape and size of bumps on the skull. It has since been discredited and is no longer recognized as a legitimate field of study.

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