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law of constancy

law of constancy

1. the principle that visual stimuli retain a constant appearance despite alterations in stimulus conditions, such as the level of illumination (brightness constancy) or the angle subtended on the retina (size constancy).

2. in psychoanalytic theory, see principle of constancy.

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