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 Problematic's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacomplexintroverted logical observant spontaneous trustworthy | Blind Spotableaccepting adaptable bold brave calm caring cheerful clever confident dependable dignified energetic friendly helpful idealistic independent ingenious intelligent kind knowledgeable loving mature modest nervous powerful proud quiet reflective religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible shy silly sympathetic wise witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownextroverted giving happy organised patient relaxed self-assertive sentimental tense warm |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (6%) accepting (10%) adaptable (3%) bold (6%) brave (3%) calm (3%) caring (16%) cheerful (6%) clever (20%) complex (33%) confident (3%) dependable (10%) dignified (6%) energetic (3%) extroverted (0%) friendly (6%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (3%) idealistic (10%) independent (10%) ingenious (6%) intelligent (46%) introverted (30%) kind (10%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (23%) loving (3%) mature (13%) modest (10%) nervous (3%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (6%) proud (3%) quiet (6%) reflective (40%) relaxed (0%) religious (6%) responsive (6%) searching (26%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (10%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (3%) silly (16%) spontaneous (6%) sympathetic (10%) tense (0%) trustworthy (30%) warm (0%) wise (16%) witty (13%)
Bracie thinks: reflective, introverted, intelligent, sympathetic, logical, trustworthy.
TabithaR thinks: responsive, observant, intelligent, kind, clever, bold.
Thursday thinks: cheerful, knowledgeable, reflective, silly, clever, responsive.
Rachel M thinks: silly, logical, intelligent, clever, sensible, friendly.
Squirrel thinks: complex, accepting, introverted, searching, self-conscious.
Ophelia thinks: introverted, religious, intelligent, reflective, ingenious, kind.
anonymous thinks: logical, searching, intelligent, introverted, complex.
Elf thinks: intelligent, introverted, idealistic, religious, self-conscious, trustworthy.
Pipsqueak thinks: spontaneous, powerful, wise, silly, dependable, dignified.
Acacia thinks: idealistic, brave, searching, caring, clever, proud.
Libby thinks: independent, knowledgeable, logical, silly, introverted, sensible.
The Escapist thinks: dignified, friendly, witty, modest, dependable.
Sarah thinks: intelligent, sensible, searching, calm, ingenious.
Ariel Wilson thinks: bold, independent, intelligent, observant, searching.
Polyglot thinks: complex, intelligent, logical, mature, sympathetic, spontaneous.
Big Brother thinks: searching, reflective, caring, nervous, knowledgeable, complex.
anonymous thinks: complex, energetic, sensible, observant, trustworthy.
Anonymous thinks: witty, reflective, self-conscious, quiet, mature, introverted.
Monica the anonymous :-) thinks: caring, able, complex, introverted, intelligent, searching.
Hilary thinks: complex, idealistic, intelligent, introverted, reflective, searching.
lollipop thinks: trustworthy, wise, sympathetic, observant, independent, reflective.
Tragedy101 thinks: caring, logical, knowledgeable, modest, powerful, helpful.
Autumn thinks: complex, intelligent, observant, reflective, sensible, trustworthy.
audrey thinks: dependable, observant, reflective, silly, trustworthy.
CMS thinks: logical, clever, complex, wise, accepting, reflective.
Lèrowen thinks: clever, shy, witty, knowledgeable, confident.
Emily Winslow thinks: intelligent, cheerful, loving, trustworthy, modest, wise.
aaaaaaaanonymous thinks: quiet, kind, wise, trustworthy, mature, adaptable.
da thinks: able, knowledgeable, caring, reflective, mature, witty.
anonymous thinks: complex, intelligent, trustworthy, accepting, reflective.
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