Physiognomy has had an impact on the areas such as study on fortunetelling, medicine, and personality psychology for centuries as a study on humans. But driven out of the academic area gradually along with the development of science and civilization, it became to be confined just to the area of Shushu (an academic area trying to consider human destiny including fortunetelling, phrenology etc., which was classified into the divining art, medicine, geomancy, phrenology, and fortunetelling in Sagojeonseo (old book) during Chinese Qing Dynasty) showing the limited results in academic studies. However, physiognomy showed statistical approaches unlike other Shushuryu (types of Shushu).
This paper is significant in analyzing the behavioral psychology in physiognomy and applying it by finding modem analysis method. Psychology has situated itself in scientific areas due to its statistical and systematic management of research models and research data.
Psychology investigated human psyche through a variety of animal testings, while in modem times, behavioral psychology has been settling itself newly in the area of psychology as humans started to be studied using the developed video technology and medical devices. In psychology, personality psychology and behavioral psychology can be seen to have similarities in physiognomy. Therefore, this study was to analyze and to find the behavioral psychology which appeared in the physiognomic aspects.
This study discussed the following aspects, the mental aura of physiognomy (mental aura is not visible to the eyes, but is regarded important as underlying vitality forming flesh in the Oriental medicine), mental bone, flesh and bone, three parts of face (the face divided into three parts), six parts of face (the face which is symmetrically divided along vertical mid-line and then again divided into the areas of forehead, cheekbone, jaw), five mountains (mountains of the forehead, nose, cheekbone, both chins), four rivers (eyes, nose, mouth, ears), five places of honor (places to see honor, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears) and 12 sites (12 places from the forehead to the chin to see family, wealth and health), wealth, personality, health, intelligence etc. as well as the psychology, personality and behavioral psychology revealed by the shapes (forms, physiognomy) of incorporeity and corporeity, and human feelings, psychological state, and inner hidden mind revealed in behaviors by analyzing the text of behavioral psychology. In addition, this study discussed personality, aptitude, and course applying the physiognomy, and presented the result of analysis of physiognomy based on facial features on photographs along with the photos of public felon criminals whose faces were made public on the Internet.
The deeper research seems necessary in physiognomy regarding personality analysis, profession, and aptitude. In addition, physiognomy should be equipped with more diverse statistical data in order to apply them to the criminal sector. If physiognomy can have connectivity with the field of psychology due to these efforts, both fields will achieve great development both in academic and social areas.