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Physical regularities refer to regularly occurring physical properties of the environment. For example, there are more vertical and horizontal orientations in the environment than oblique (angled) orientations.

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Physical rehabilitation is defined as a program of activities for chronically ill or disabled persons geared toward helping them use their bodies as much as possible, sense changes in the environment and in themselves so as to make appropriate physical accommodations, learn new physical and management skills if necessary, pursue a treatment regimen, and learn how to control the expenditure of energy.

Physical state is a term in Self-efficacy Theory that refers to the state of arousal or excitement that provides information as one makes a judgment whether one is likely to succeed or fail in a certain task.

Physical Therapist refers to a person who typically works in a sports medicine or hospital clinic to provide acute and long-term care for a variety of sport and work–related injuries. Physical Therapists design and monitor rehabilitation programs.

Physical Therapists refer to trained and licensed individuals who help people with muscle, nerve, joint, or bone diseases to overcome their disabilities as much as possible.

Physical therapy or PT refers to a rehabilitation specialty that focuses on improving motor control and physical functioning. Physical therapy is sesigned to restore or improve strength and movement in people whose mobility has been impaired by disease and injury.

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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.

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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.