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 desireuxx's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenacomplexself-conscious | Blind Spotacceptingcaring cheerful dependable friendly independent loving nervous patient powerful reflective silly spontaneous sympathetic trustworthy wise |
Not Known to Others | Façadeobservantproud searching sentimental | Unknownable adaptable bold brave calm clever confident dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious intelligent introverted kind knowledgeable logical mature modest organised quiet relaxed religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy tense warm witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (25%) cheerful (25%) clever (0%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (50%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (25%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (25%) powerful (25%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (50%) relaxed (0%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (50%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (25%) sympathetic (25%) tense (0%) trustworthy (25%) warm (0%) wise (25%) witty (0%)
Lauren thinks: accepting, independent, reflective, cheerful, friendly.
Beth thinks: dependable, trustworthy, reflective, self-conscious, sympathetic, caring.
Becca thinks: complex, dependable, friendly, loving, silly, nervous.
ihjk thinks: powerful, patient, self-conscious, wise, spontaneous.
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