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 Laura Ingalls's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaablefriendly knowledgeable modest | Blind Spotcalmcaring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified giving happy helpful intelligent introverted kind logical loving mature patient reflective religious sensible trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeindependentself-conscious | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold brave complex energetic extroverted idealistic ingenious nervous observant organised powerful proud quiet relaxed responsive searching self-assertive sentimental shy silly spontaneous sympathetic tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
80% of people agree that Laura Ingalls is friendly
able (30%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (20%) caring (40%) cheerful (50%) clever (20%) complex (0%) confident (10%) dependable (30%) dignified (20%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (80%) giving (10%) happy (20%) helpful (10%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (10%) introverted (10%) kind (30%) knowledgeable (10%) logical (10%) loving (30%) mature (30%) modest (10%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (10%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (10%) relaxed (0%) religious (10%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (10%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (0%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (20%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
Sarah thinks: cheerful, friendly, intelligent, mature, kind, knowledgeable.
anonymous thinks: friendly, cheerful, introverted, able, caring, trustworthy.
DMG thinks: friendly, dignified, warm, religious, trustworthy, calm.
Jessica (CA) thinks: friendly, happy, clever, mature, warm, helpful.
Haystack thinks: friendly, caring, dependable, loving, cheerful, mature.
Monday thinks: caring, cheerful, kind, happy, friendly, loving.
Darth Birdie thinks: caring, friendly, loving, patient, modest.
-James-ToO- thinks: calm, able, confident, friendly, dependable, logical.
Sibby thinks: able, dependable, dignified, giving, reflective.
Lucy Shultz thinks: trustworthy, sensible, kind, clever, cheerful.
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