An old comedy routine on television had a character who would line up the heads of people who were very far away from him between his fingers.Then he would pinch his fingers together and say gleefully,"I'm crushing your head,I'm crushing your head." The comedian was playing around with which perceptual constancy?
A)size constancy
B)shape constancy
C)brightness constancy
D)color constancy

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The comedian was playing with size constancy, which is the perception of an object as having a constant size, even when the size of the image it casts on the retina changes due to distance.

An Old Comedy Routine on Television Had a Character Who