CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apparently, the idea of the iceberg model comes from Sigmund Freud’s Iceberg Model of Consciousness. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -According to C.G. Jung consciousness is comprised of four aspects-thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting. It is almost impossible to separate one aspect from another for they are inextricably joined in our body-mind.

Detailed explanation-5: -“The mind is like an iceberg; it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” –Sigmund Freud, Founder of Psychoanalysis.