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• physical science — physical scientist. 1. any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy. 2. these sciences collectively. [1835 45] * * * Introduction       the systematic study of the inorganic world …   Universalium

• Physical chemistry — is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts. It applies the principles, practices and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics …   Wikipedia

• Physical change — is a concept introduced to contrast with the concept of chemical change. A physical change is any change not involving a change in the substance s chemical identity. Matter undergoes chemical change when the composition of the substances changes …   Wikipedia

• Concept learning — Concept learning, also known as category learning, concept attainment, and concept formation, is largely based on the works of the cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner. Bruner, Goodnow, Austin (1967) defined concept attainment (or concept… …   Wikipedia

• Concept of death and adjustment — addresses people s adjustment to the inevitable phenomenon of death depending on the different perceptions of the phenomenon they have, whether or not there is a particular reason to think that death is imminent. [ Hossain, M.S. (2008). HUMAN… …   Wikipedia

• Physical art — Physical art, as contrasted with conceptual art, refers to art that concretely exists in physical reality, in space and time. Its ontological status is that it is physical, a physical object. The art is concretely realized but may be abstract in… …   Wikipedia

• physical — [adj1] tangible, material concrete, corporeal, environmental, gross, materialistic, natural, objective, palpable, phenomenal, ponderable, real, sensible, solid, somatic, substantial, visible; concept 582 Ant. immaterial, mental, spiritual… …   New thesaurus

• physical theatre —    Physical theatre focuses on the visceral qualities of theatre, and is characterized by an emphasis on the actor’s body as the primary sign; it is rooted in the belief that the actor is the ‘total resource’ for ‘total theatre’. Physical theatre …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• physical anthropology — physical anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the evolutionary changes in human bodily structure and the classification of modern races, using mensurational and descriptive techniques. Cf. cultural anthropology. [1870 75] * * * …   Universalium

• concept formation — Process of developing abstract rules or mental constructs based on sensory experience. Concept formation figures prominently in cognitive development and was a subject of great importance to Jean Piaget, who argued that learning entails an… …   Universalium

• physical science, principles of — Introduction       the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world.        physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …   Universalium