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 j*a*n*e!'s.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaidealisticself-conscious silly witty | Blind Spotcaringcheerful dependable friendly intelligent knowledgeable observant quiet relaxed searching sentimental warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façadeingeniousloving | Unknownable accepting adaptable bold brave calm clever complex confident dignified energetic extroverted giving happy helpful independent introverted kind logical mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud reflective religious responsive self-assertive sensible shy spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
80% of people agree that j*a*n*e! is self-conscious
60% of people agree that j*a*n*e! is silly
60% of people think that j*a*n*e! is warm
60% of people agree that j*a*n*e! is witty
able (0%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (40%) cheerful (40%) clever (0%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (20%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (40%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (20%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (40%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (20%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (20%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (20%) reflective (0%) relaxed (20%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (20%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (80%) sensible (0%) sentimental (20%) shy (0%) silly (60%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (60%) wise (0%) witty (60%)
alex thinks: warm, witty, dependable, self-conscious, relaxed, observant.
Ling thinks: silly, witty, caring, intelligent, warm.
ankh thinks: self-conscious, warm, sentimental, silly, cheerful, friendly.
quack! thinks: intelligent, silly, self-conscious, caring, quiet, idealistic.
xian (: thinks: witty, friendly, cheerful, knowledgeable, self-conscious, searching.
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