Glossary P

Glossary P

Passing score refers to the minimum test score that an applicant must achieve to be considered for hire.

Passing woman is defined as a woman who disguises herself as a man.

Passion is defined as deep emotional and/or sexual feelings for another person; the intense feelings, both positive and negative experienced in love relationships, including sexual desire ; an emotional state characterized by high bodily arousal, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure

Passionate love refers to an intense emotional state, involving sexual desire, feelings of ecstasy, and perhaps anguish. It is a state of intense longing for union with another.

Passive aggression means harming others by withholding a behavior, such as purposely failing to convey an important message

Passive compliance means passively bending to unreasonable demands or circumstances.

Passive deception refers to the intentional withholding or omitting of information whereby participants are not told some information about the study. Passive deception known as Omission.

Passive euthanasia means allowing a person to die by withholding an available treatment; allowing someone to die by either not doing that is withholding or omitting/withdrawing some action that is necessary to sustain life. It means withholding treatment or removing life-sustaining nourishment and breathing aids for the dying person, with the result that death occurs more quickly than if these procedures were continued.

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