the standard doctrine that psychic powers and drives are likely to stay in a persistent or stable state or likely to look for a reverse path to a place of stability or lesser amounts of power.
CONSTANCY PRINCIPLE: "The constancy principle postulates that human libidos try to maintain equilibrium."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "CONSTANCY PRINCIPLE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/constancy-principle/ (accessed January 22, 2021).
