constancy
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- noun
- /ˈkɒnstənsi/
- Specialized
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constancia
- In the in the absence of object constancy, it's like the child keeps having these unrelated experiences with different mothers.
- object constancy
Examples
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Cuban (1984) investigated "constancy and change" in educational methods and teaching behavior in the United States over the hundred years previous to his study.
Academic text (1994) -
According to Frank Ackerman, data show a near constancy of the distribution of family income in the United States from 1947 to 1970, and then clear growth in inequality since that time.
Academic text (2005) -
This record indicates a striking constancy in nitrous oxide concentrations, at approximately 285 parts per billion, for nearly 1500 years. (See figure 2.)
Academic text (1994) -
A therapist once told me you have to develop object constancy as a child to survive in this world—to know that one minute you may look up and see your mother is there, and the next minute she’s gone, but you know she’s coming back.
Fiction book (1997) -
The principle of constancy helps us understand how objects maintain their appearance under different lighting conditions.
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In psychology, constancy refers to the ability to perceive an object as stable despite changes in perspective.
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The child's ability to exhibit constancy when seeing their parent from different angles is crucial for their emotional development.
Synonyms
Seeing things as the same even when light, distance or angle change
Compounds
- Specialized
A visual effect that makes an object look equally bright when the light around it changes
- Specialized
Seeing things as the same even when light, distance or angle change
- Specialized
Seeing a solid object like a door as the same form from different angles
- Specialized
Seeing a familiar object as the same size even when distance makes it look smaller or larger
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Constancy comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and stare 'to stand', the same idea in constant and like the English word stand. So in perception, constancy is the mind 'standing' on the idea that an object stays the same even when light, distance, or angle changes.