Phrenology - studying the shape of the head

Which parts of the head were believed to influence particular personality traits?

Taken from the documentary "Phrenology" available at FirstScience.tv.

Download in full from http://firstscience.tv/phrenology.htm

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• phrenology
• pseudo-science
• science
• head-shape
• head
• skull
• Firstscience
• documentary

[ec2like]

bullshit

[Wabaanimkii]

This is a psudoscience. I don't know what they even advertise this as being remotely true.

[AtiwiSaka]

Bulloney. You can take a coward and turn him into a BEAST. You can take an anti-social person and turn him into a public motivational speaker. You can get help for your sex addiction. So during these "changes" of evolving personality traits, those areas of the head swell in growth? My point is genetics can determine aggressiveness and "potential" disposition but whatever the head shape or pattern of the skull/brain, training is the prevalent method of motivating behavior. Science. It figures.

[whispers6667]

are people gullible enough now days to still believe this crap? i looked this up because i'm taking a history of psych class, and the few studies that were in favor of this theory had selective conditions...ironically enough there's a non-credit course in skull reading at my college as well. 

[AllstarCanadian]

Well these results would best describe my personality

1=80%

2=99.9%

3=2%

4=50%

5=50%

As for Combativeness #5, it is kind of iffy, I will get into a bickering match and debate with would put me at 80%, and even provoked to a fistfight, but in the end i can't bring myself to hurt someone, and if I see someone in a lot of pain or suffering in anyway, I panic and run away. So I'm a cowered in that sense.

[fullfist]

@ec2like

it's far from bullshit,

scientist already proved that there is a correlation between skull shape and criminal activity by observing inmate's heads.

[shortcake92589]

@ec2like that's why its called a pseudoscience.

[DoomNoMore]

@AspiringPotato You don't bother, you don't give a shit, but you keep posting back?

[AspiringPotato]

@DoomNoMore

The burden of proof is on you to prove this crap. And don't bother, because I don't give a shit.

[DoomNoMore]

@AspiringPotato You do not have arguments, that is why you leave. LOL

[AspiringPotato]

@DoomNoMore

Fuck off I have no time. I already have to spend enough time studying actual science.