Andie Claims That Phrenology Is a Pseudoscience and Not a True

question 2

Multiple Choice

Andie claims that phrenology is a pseudoscience and not a true science. Which of the following statements supports her claim?

• A) When phrenologists found large "stealing" bumps on the head of a person who was not a thief, they concluded that other positive bumps held this characteristic in check.
• B) Most of the phrenologists received inadequate training in the analysis of head bumps and so there were variations in their predictions.
• C) Phrenologists relied heavily on the theories of Charles Darwin, and yet they could not link the bumps to evolutionary adaptation.
• D) When "bumps" did not accurately explain a person's characteristics, the phrenologists explained the contradiction by hypothesizing traumatic childhood experiences.

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