CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is the deepest level in the mental iceberg and we are unaware of its contents. It is the moral principle of the Freudian personality structure. It is referred as the “little devil” wherein all negative aspects of the personality structure lives.

Detailed explanation-2: -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 mind, often also referred to simply as the unconscious.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels corresponds to and overlaps with Freud’s ideas of the id, ego, and superego.

Detailed explanation-4: -The image serves as an illustrative metaphor for Freud’s theory of the mind: Only a fragment of our ideas and feelings are conscious or “visible” to us, while the vast bulk of our mental content is unconscious or “invisible” to everyday introspection.

Detailed explanation-5: -The unconscious mind (or the unconscious) consists of processes in the mind that occur automatically and are not available to introspection. Although these processes exist beneath the surface of conscious awareness, they are thought to exert an effect on conscious thought processes and behavior.