Multiple choice

The study of mental faculties based on the shape of the skull is called

  1. pantheology

  2. nephrology

  3. philology

  4. phrenology

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Phrenology was a 19th-century pseudoscience that involved the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. It was based on the false idea that the brain is a collection of organs that correspond to different faculties and affect skull shape.