constancy 2

noundomain: thinking

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

Synonyms

perceptual constancy 1
(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

Hyponym

brightness constancy 1

noun

the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination

color constancy 1

noun

the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions

shape constancy 1

noun

the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)

size constancy 1

noun

the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

psychology 1

noun

the science of mental life