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 malonwic's.
| Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
| Known to Others | Arenaableintelligent kind quiet reflective | Blind Spotbravecalm caring clever confident dependable friendly happy idealistic knowledgeable mature relaxed self-assertive shy silly trustworthy warm |
| Not Known to Others | Façade | Unknownaccepting adaptable bold cheerful complex dignified energetic extroverted giving helpful independent ingenious introverted logical loving modest nervous observant organised patient powerful proud religious responsive searching self-conscious sensible sentimental spontaneous sympathetic tense wise witty |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) | ||
able (16%) accepting (0%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (16%) calm (16%) caring (33%) cheerful (0%) clever (16%) complex (0%) confident (16%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (0%) happy (16%) helpful (0%) idealistic (33%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (16%) logical (0%) loving (0%) mature (16%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (16%) reflective (16%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (16%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (33%) silly (33%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (50%) wise (0%) witty (0%)
R to the Achel, yo. thinks: caring, clever, shy, warm, idealistic, kind.
A very mysterious person! thinks: silly, warm, kind, quiet, friendly, dependable.
fluffyfledgling thinks: intelligent, reflective, self-assertive, friendly, confident.
dark_princess19 thinks: intelligent, happy, able, silly, warm.
Sara thinks: knowledgeable, idealistic, trustworthy, brave, caring.
you know who ... boo! thinks: calm, friendly, shy, mature, relaxed, intelligent.
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