Historical Context
Heavy jaws and pointed heads were signs of what according to phrenology?
Criminal tendencies
What is assessing a person based on their outer appearance (face reading)?
Physiognomy
How many universities did Cesare Lombroso study at?
Three
Who was best known for founding the field of Phrenology?
Franz Joseph Gall
Why did Napoleon hate Franz Josef Gall?
According to Gall's theory, Napoleon's small head would mean he was inferior.
What are the four main physical attributes people would look at when "judging" them?
Nose, eyes, mouth, and head.
Who is the one famous scientist who is still alive?
Geoffrey Cantor
Who was a student of Franz Joseph Gall who helped with Phrenology?
Johann Spurzheim
What was one reason you could be rejected from studying under Pythagoras?
If you didn't "look gifted"
What was the idea that people's traits were based on how much their faces looked like animals?
Evaluation idea
What was Franz Joseph Gall's first job?
At a Lunatic Asylum
George Combe did what to help Franz?
He helped spread the word of Phrenologyl.
True or false, Aristotle believed people with round faces were stupid?
False. He believed round faces meant you were courageous
What is Pseudoscience?
When something pretends to be science but isn't based on real scientific facts or methods.
How many of Franz Joseph Gall's siblings lived to adulthood? (Including himself)
Seven
Who coined the term Phrenology?
Benjamin Rush
Who said "if a horseman can evaluate a horse simply by studying its appearance, it follows that an individual can assess a person's disposition in the same way."?
Pseudo-Aristotle (Greek Philosophers who wrote under Aristotle's name)
What is study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character?
Phrenology
Who took over after Aristotle died?
Lyceum
Who studied the phrenology debates of the 1800s?
Geoffrey Cantor