The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.
You can get your own Johari Window, or contribute to Bennion's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacaringcomplex intelligent self-conscious sentimental | Blind Spotacceptingdependable friendly giving idealistic independent knowledgeable logical mature reflective relaxed searching sensible trustworthy |
Not Known to Others | Façadewitty | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm cheerful clever confident dignified energetic extroverted happy helpful ingenious introverted kind loving modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet religious responsive self-assertive shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
60% of people agree that Bennion is intelligent
80% of people agree that Bennion is sentimental
able (0%) accepting (40%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (20%) cheerful (0%) clever (0%) complex (20%) confident (0%) dependable (40%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (20%) giving (20%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (20%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (60%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (20%) loving (0%) mature (40%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (40%) relaxed (20%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (20%) sensible (20%) sentimental (80%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (20%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
not you thinks: logical, mature, sensible, friendly, independent.
Cranky Robert thinks: sentimental, giving, trustworthy, intelligent, reflective, idealistic.
The Girlfriend thinks: sentimental, intelligent, searching, self-conscious, complex.
Cheryl thinks: accepting, reflective, sentimental, caring, intelligent, dependable.
Keith thinks: accepting, dependable, knowledgeable, sentimental, mature, relaxed.
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