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 Jennifer Humphries's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacaringfriendly helpful silly trustworthy | Blind Spotablebold cheerful dependable energetic giving happy independent kind loving modest spontaneous witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadecomplex | Unknownaccepting adaptable brave calm clever confident dignified extroverted idealistic ingenious intelligent introverted knowledgeable logical mature nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed religious responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious sensible sentimental shy sympathetic tense warm wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
75% of people agree that Jennifer Humphries is friendly
able (50%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (25%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (25%) dignified (0%) energetic (25%) extroverted (0%) friendly (75%) giving (25%) happy (50%) helpful (25%) idealistic (0%) independent (50%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (25%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (25%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
SN thinks: energetic, able, independent, friendly, bold, spontaneous.
Grandma H. thinks: happy, friendly, caring, modest, silly, loving.
Rachel thinks: able, independent, witty, dependable, friendly.
cYbRm0m thinks: cheerful, giving, trustworthy, kind, helpful, happy.
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