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After taking your best friend to the airport, you stay to watch the plane take off.  As you watch it, the plane seems to become smaller and smaller.  Why is it that you don’t perceive the airplane, and your friend, as shrinking? Briefly explain how this works.
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   Size constancy explains this.
   We tend to perceive objects in the world as stable and unchanging even though our sensory experience is constantly shifting.
   In this case, there is a clear relationship between perceived size and perceived distance.
   Familiarity with objects also is part of the basis for size constancy.
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