Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that substitutes the following expression/phrase.

The study of the external from of the cranium

  1. Phrenology

  2. Optics

  3. Geodesy

  4. Mineralogy

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Explanation

Phrenology is the study of the external form and shape of the cranium (skull), particularly the now-discredited theory that skull shape reveals character traits and mental abilities. Developed in the 19th century, practitioners believed bumps on the skull corresponded to personality traits. Optics studies light and vision, geodesy measures Earth's shape, and mineralogy studies minerals.

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