AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The top of the iceberg that you can see above the water represents the conscious mind. The part of the iceberg that is submerged below the water, but is still visible, is the preconscious. The bulk of the iceberg that lies unseen beneath the waterline represents the unconscious.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Freud (1915), the unconscious mind is the primary source of human behavior. Like an iceberg, the most important part of the mind is the part you cannot see. Our feelings, motives and decisions are actually powerfully influenced by our past experiences, and stored in the unconscious.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freud contested that our conscious behaviour is only the visible 10% of our psyche – the tip of the iceberg if you like. The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. The deeper drivers of our behaviours – the other 90% – lie submerged in our subconscious or unconscious mind.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Iceberg Metaphor 3 The tip of the iceberg that extends above the water represents the conscious mind. As you can see in the image on top, the conscious mind is just the “tip of the iceberg.” Beneath the water is the much larger bulk of the iceberg, which represents the unconscious.

Detailed explanation-5: -Each of these levels corresponds to and overlaps with Freud’s ideas of the id, ego, and superego. The conscious level consists of all those things we are aware of, including things that we know about ourselves and our surroundings.