Phrenology

Reading Responses Week 5- Psychodynamic Psychology- Chapter 16 While most people are familiar with a number of leading theorists in psychoanalysis, particularly Sigmund Freud, and possibly Adler and Jung, most people would not be familiar with Karen Horney, considered to be the “fist psychoanalytic feminist” (Hergenhahn & Henley 525). Horney disagreed with several concepts introduced by Freud, especially his focus on unconscious sexual motivation and the division of the self into 3 parts: id,…

Franz Gall established the science of phrenology, which is liable to assess a person’s psychological characteristics through techniques. Gall believed by studying a structural skull the determination of one’s mental capacity and personality could be inferred. Gall continue to analyze the structure of the brain by formulating that it had many mental functions and the bumps and contours explains personality characteristics. Utilizing the science of phrenology Gall considered criminal involvement…

In the dead of night, a blood-curdling cry for help could be heard from several blocks away; however, no one is around to hear. A woman runs frantically for her life. She runs this way and that but fails to realize that she is trapped in a maze of houses and alleyways . She yells for help, but like the last time, no one comes to rescue her. The realization hits her as she finds herself trapped between the wall and her killer. Terrified, she turns to face her end. Just as she does, a shot rings…

By the 1850s, the two parties system was in crisis because moderate compromises such as the Missouri Compromise in 1820s by the “great pacificator,” Henry Clay of Kentucky could no longer appease both sides’ extreme radicals, as the territories kept getting westward expanded and ordained by the doctrine of Manifest Destiny. (Brands, p.295) The next generation of Congressmen such as Wilmot Proviso’s argument and Lewis Cass’s “Popular Sovereignty” failed to forge compromises over the Republican’s…

reimagination of the brain and mind. The heinous acts of this individual could possibly be ascribed to his body and not the nature of his soul. In 1840 a doctor by the name of James Pritchard coined the term moral insanity in a direct response to phrenology. The basis of Pritchard’s argument was simply that if the intellect can become insane, why not the emotions as well? This displayed a serious schism from older modes of thought. If both the intellect and emotion or morals were equally…

Introduction In this paper, I will discuss positivist, biological, as well as psychological theories providing a comparison as well as contrast for each. Discussion The use of positivist theories emerged with the American, French, as well as the Industrial Revolutions prompting tremendous social changes throughout the world (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). In 1820, the term positivism was attributed to Auguste Comte during his works with Saint-Simon while developing their works of physical sciences in…

causation of crime is build on the inherited and/or bodily characteristics". If someone is honest or dishonest just by the looks of his/her face, is a statement that is as old as the antiquity. One of the first theorist that brought the term Phrenology up was Franz Joseph Gall(1758-1828). He had a theory about, that alone the physiognomic of a person says that either he/she is a criminal or is just a regular/normal person. Gall focused his studies on the head and the brain area which later…

A major shift in society occurred between 1870-1916 during America’s time of industrialization. Industrial jobs and urban living shined like a beacon of opportunity, flooding cities with a population boom. Amidst one of the biggest changes in U.S. history, the educational system in America had to find a way to educate students in a way that reflected the changing ideas, population, values, and jobs. The massive changes that were occurring sparked the Progressive Movement that lasted half of the…

Criminology is a subject which aims towards discovering the reasons behind an individual’s choice to commit crime and their behaviour in some situations. By understanding a person’s motives to commit a crime, criminologists can try and prevent crime from happening. Several criminologists developed their own theories which explain why people commit crime, what makes them do it and also how we can prevent individuals from committing a crime again. The main theoretical perspectives examined in…

Higgins. He was known for being vocal about his beliefs and for challenging ideas; he was a supporter of the women’s suffrage movement. Although Higgins studied medicine and phrenology, he made a career of making tombstones for church cemeteries. Subsequently, his income was severely damaged after he converted from Catholicism to atheism. Sanger has been said to have “shared his questioning mind, outspokenness, and willingness…