PSYC 3125 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Frontal Lobe, Neuroplasticity, Physiognomy

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3125
• Professor: Alexandra Rutherford

Document Summary

Gall said that animals with larger brains could do more complex things showing that the brain is the center of higher mental activity. He called it phrenology which was not accepted by fellow scientist but was by the public. Laveter promoted physiognomy facial characteristics were associated with specific psychological qualities. the idea that reading a person character in their physical features based on these assumptions. Gall speculated that specific parts of the brain were the seats of specific functions i. e. people with good verbal memories had well developed organs of veritable memory in their brain. He also thought that people with well-developed necks and skull bases lead to large sex drives. And that organ of acquisitiveness leads people to either be thefts or not. Problem was he was wrong in located the area of the brain and wrong and the psychological issues were derived from other factors than just their location.