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 Rachel A Hochberg's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenacleversentimental warm | Blind Spotableaccepting bold brave caring confident dependable energetic happy independent intelligent loving modest religious responsive sensible silly spontaneous trustworthy witty |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptablecalm complex | Unknowncheerful dignified extroverted friendly giving helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature nervous observant organised patient powerful proud quiet reflective relaxed searching self-assertive self-conscious shy sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
66% of people think that Rachel A Hochberg is silly
able (16%) accepting (33%) adaptable (0%) bold (16%) brave (16%) calm (0%) caring (16%) cheerful (0%) clever (33%) complex (0%) confident (33%) dependable (33%) dignified (0%) energetic (16%) extroverted (0%) friendly (0%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (16%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (16%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (50%) mature (0%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (0%) religious (16%) responsive (33%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (33%) shy (0%) silly (66%) spontaneous (33%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
Alex thinks: silly, loving, dependable, clever, able.
Becky thinks: loving, silly, responsive, sensible, clever, accepting.
Becky thinks: loving, silly, responsive, spontaneous, accepting, brave.
Mom thinks: dependable, intelligent, confident, sentimental, trustworthy, modest.
Ann Marie thinks: bold, confident, independent, happy, religious, witty.
Katie (K) thinks: caring, spontaneous, silly, warm, sentimental, energetic.
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