CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iceberg Metaphor 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. While the conscious and preconscious are important, Freud believed that they were far less vital than 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: -In Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, the unconscious mind is defined as a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of conscious awareness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Freud Basics Freud is often quoted as saying, “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” He was stating his belief that our unconscious wishes and desires can have a great deal of influence over our outward behavior.