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 yizhen(:'s.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaacceptingintroverted quiet shy trustworthy | Blind Spotadaptablecalm caring cheerful complex dependable friendly giving helpful kind loving modest patient reflective religious sensible silly warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadesentimental | Unknownable bold brave clever confident dignified energetic extroverted happy idealistic independent ingenious intelligent knowledgeable logical mature nervous observant organised powerful proud relaxed responsive searching self-assertive self-conscious spontaneous sympathetic tense wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (0%) accepting (33%) adaptable (16%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (16%) caring (16%) cheerful (16%) clever (0%) complex (16%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (16%) giving (16%) happy (0%) helpful (16%) idealistic (0%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (0%) introverted (16%) kind (33%) knowledgeable (0%) logical (0%) loving (33%) mature (0%) modest (16%) nervous (0%) observant (0%) organised (0%) patient (16%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (16%) reflective (16%) relaxed (0%) religious (50%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (0%) shy (33%) silly (16%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (50%) warm (33%) wise (0%) witty (16%)
Ruyin thinks: religious, complex, modest, sensible, accepting.
xt thinks: accepting, adaptable, warm, shy, patient.
Aileen thinks: helpful, loving, quiet, kind, shy, silly.
Bee Leng thinks: reflective, giving, trustworthy, warm, witty, dependable.
mongying thinks: trustworthy, introverted, loving, cheerful, religious.
jave thinks: calm, friendly, trustworthy, caring, religious, kind.
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