Glossary P

Glossary P

Physical-attractiveness stereotype is the presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well, one person can be beautiful and also kind.

Physicalism refers to a belief growing out of logical positivism that all sciences should share common assumptions, principles, and methodologies and should model themselves after physics.

Physically active play refers to moderate to vigorous play activities such as running, jumping, climbing, play fighting, or game playing that raise a child’s metabolic rate far above resting levels.

Physician-assisted suicide is defined as the administration of a lethal dose of some medication by a physician or arranging for a terminally ill patient to administer his or her own lethal dose of medication using a suicide machine. It is Euthanasia that involves a Physician who supplies the actual drug although not actually administering it himself or herself. Moreover, Physician-assisted suicide is defined as a form of assisted suicide in which it is a physician who intentionally provides the assistance that a person needs and uses to end his or her life

Physicians' assistants refer to graduates of 2-year programs who perform routine health care functions, teach patients about their treatment regimens, and record medical information and give whatever assistance the Physician needs.

Physiognomy is defined as the study of facial features and their relation to human behavior.Physiognomy is the attempt to determine a person's character by analyzing his or her facial features, bodily structure, and habitual patterns of posture and movement.

Physiological approach to perception means analyzing perception by determining how a person’s perception is related to physiological processes that are occurring within the person. This approach focuses on determining the relationship between stimuli and physiological responding and between physiological responding and perception.

Physiological changes (in emotion) mean alterations in heart rate, blood pressure, perspiration, and other involuntary responses cause by changes in emotions