Glossary P

Passive Smoking means non-smokers' inhaling of smoke as a result of exposure to smokers. Passive smoking is believed to cause health problems such as Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Lung cancer. Passive smoking, likewise, is the exposure of non-smokers to the smoke of other persons, such as spouses, parents, or co-workers. It means environmental tobacco smoke

Passive touch refers to a situation in which a person passively receives tactile stimulation that is presented by someone else.

Passive transformation refers to a transformational rule that transforms the deep structure of an active sentence into the passive voice.

Passive victims (of aggression) refer to socially withdrawn and anxious children whom bullies torment, even though they appear to have done nothing to trigger such abuse

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Passive voice is a sentence in which the surface structure subject is the deep structure or logical object of the action, such as in the child was scolded by the mother.

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Passive-Aggressive is a Personality disorder characterized by expression of aggressive behavior in a passive way, such as procrastination, stubbornness, or inefficiency. The term was first introduced to describe uncooperative soldiers, in a 1945 US War Department technical bulletin. Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder is no longer recognized as a proper diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association.

Deutsch: Vergangenheitsorientierte Frage / Español: Pregunta centrada en el pasado / Português: Questão centrada no passado / Français: Question axée sur le passé / Italiano: Domanda focalizzata sul passato /

Past-focused question refers to a type of structured-interview question that taps an applicant’s experience.

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Past-Life Memories are mental images that are believed to be memories of previous lives. Please see also Reincarnation, Past-life regression.

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